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Round One: Waxman over Dingell
McClatchy News via SacBee ^
| 11/19/8
| Rob Hotakainen - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Posted on 11/19/2008 12:45:42 PM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON --- In a major win for environmentalists, a committee of House Democratic leaders on Wednesday voted to put Rep. Henry Waxman in charge of a key panel that will have oversight over global warming issues in the new Congress.
The House Steering committee voted 25-22 to put the California Democrat in charge of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, replacing Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the most senior member in the House.
The House Democratic caucus will vote on Thursday.
The Waxman-Dingell battle has been closely watched on Capitol Hill. Waxman is regarded as an ally of environmentalists while Dingell has ties to the auto industry. He has resisted higher fuel standards and tighter limits on greenhouse gases.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 110th; 111th; automakers; bho2008; cafe; dingell; energy; greens; nostrilitis; waxman
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:45:42 PM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:46:49 PM PST
by
AU72
To: SmithL
The Sky Is Officially Falling
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:47:13 PM PST
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart..)
To: SmithL
...while Dingell has ties to the auto industry... He's a representative from Michigan. What ties did they expect him to have?
-PJ
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:50:50 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
To: SmithL
They will finish killing the golden goose, and will roast him in a environmentally approved oven.............
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:51:53 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: SmithL
In a secret ballot, of course. This is something that is too good for unions.
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:52:03 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(For the first time in my adult life, I am NOT proud of America.)
To: SmithL
No man enters; no man leaves...
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posted on
11/19/2008 12:54:36 PM PST
by
LRS
("Good-bye freedom/ hello fear/ A brave new world has suddenly appeared")
To: SmithL
Any way they can both lose?
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:10:03 PM PST
by
rod1
To: SmithL
This is like demon hell dogs going at each other. All clawing and biting for the choice seats in hell.
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:22:39 PM PST
by
KriegerGeist
("Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of War on Socialism")
To: SmithL
In this particular post, this switch is a disaster. Dingell at least tried to keep industry alive, even if for corrupt reasons. Waxman has no such interests. Major economic damage will be done under his leadership. And the party will support him, as this vote demonstrates.
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:36:10 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: SmithL
the good news is the left is setting the table to WAY over-reach. We need to do are part and be prepared to communicate that to the American people.
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:40:44 PM PST
by
ilgipper
To: SmithL
The Democrat House Steering Committee: We Don’t Judge A Man By The Color Of His Skin. We Judge Him...By The Size Of His Nostrils.
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:42:57 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
To: SmithL
He and the Frankster are perfect Commies to run the ship aground.
When we finally re-take this nation, it will incur much, much pain to the Left.
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posted on
11/19/2008 1:51:43 PM PST
by
wac3rd
(Conservatives are not always Republicans...and vice-versa.)
To: Cicero
This is change they can believe in
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posted on
11/19/2008 2:04:16 PM PST
by
italianquaker
(When BO won the election the stock market was at 9600 and a tank of gas cost 2 bucks.)
To: SmithL
The House Steering committee"Are they, like, the ones with the scissors, who turn bulls into steers?", said an Obama voter.
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posted on
11/19/2008 2:06:00 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: SmithL; Normandy; Delacon; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; TenthAmendmentChampion; calcowgirl; ...
To: SmithL
To all GM stockholders: SELL!
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posted on
11/19/2008 2:30:33 PM PST
by
calcowgirl
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
To: SmithL
Nostrildamus sees great climate change in our future.
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posted on
11/19/2008 2:43:28 PM PST
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: SmithL
Dingell refused to carry the global warming water for the Congressional Marxists. Hence, he has to go.
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posted on
11/19/2008 3:30:24 PM PST
by
Tarpon
(America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
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