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Offline Chris

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Waxman Wins Energy and Commerce Committee Chairmanship From Dingell
« on: November 20, 2008, 04:17:26 PM »
Waxman Wins Energy and Commerce Committee Chairmanship From Dingell
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Waxman, a California liberal and avid environmentalist and booster of health care programs, toppled Dingell Thursday on a vote of 137-122 in the Democratic Party caucus, capping a bitter fight within party ranks.

Dingell has been the top Democrat on the panel for 28 years and is an old-school supporter of the auto industry. Waxman has complained that the committee has been too slow to address environmental issues like global warming.

"Waxman's victory is a breath of fresh air — of clean air. It was a stunning defeat for the corporate lobbyists on K Street," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch. "It shows that a majority of the House Democrats are ready to work with the incoming Obama administration on effective global warming legislation."
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Re: Waxman Wins Energy and Commerce Committee Chairmanship From Dingell
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 07:29:43 PM »
remember when gas was ONLY $4 ?
remember air conditioning ?
remember flush toilets ?

ah, those were the days !
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My fellow Americans, there is nothing audacious about hope. Hope is what makes people buy lottery tickets instead of paying the bills. Hope is for the old gals feeding the slots in Atlantic City. It destroys the inner-city kid who quits school because he hopes he'll be a world-famous recording artist.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

The other kills her own food.

Offline Tess Anderson

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Re: Waxman Wins Energy and Commerce Committee Chairmanship From Dingell
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2008, 06:57:15 PM »
Dingell was at least a gun nut, not some far-left loon like Waxman. This indicates that Congress is shifting far to the left, the Koyoto Treaty will be back.

Henry Waxman. Ugggh ... they didn't select him to be eye candy, that's for sure.
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