Rejoice, Detroit: your fate is now in the hands of the Representative from Beverly Hills. Don't you feel reassured at that news, Detroit? Waxman Wins Powerful Energy and Commerce Post Rep. Henry Waxman unseated fellow veteran Democratic lawmaker John Dingell Thursday to become ...

This is fantastic news - and another sign that the stars are aligning for some serious policy changes to take place in Washington... Automakers' closest friend kicked out of chairmanship It's the end of an era -- Michigan Democrat John Dingell has been officially toppled from his post ...

This is fantastic news - and another sign that the stars are aligning for some serious change in Washington... Automakers' closest friend kicked out of chairmanship It's the end of an era -- Michigan Democrat John Dingell has been officially toppled from his post as head of the House Energy ...

One of the major, Eisenhower-era obstacles to fuel efficiency, automaker reform and meaningful climate change legislation is finally out of the way. The Democratic caucus has ousted Michigan Rep. John Dingell as chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee. He'll be replaced by California ...

Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Institute Representative Henry Waxman of California defeated Representative John Dingell of Michigan in the battle for the gavel of the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee today. Over the past two weeks, the two senior Democrats waged one of the ...

It's official: California Rep. Henry A. Waxman on Thursday officially dethroned longtime Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, upending a seniority system that has governed Democratic politics in the House for decades. In a secret ballot vote in the Cannon Caucus Room, House Democrats ...

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) will replace Rep. John Dingell (D-MA) as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over global warming legislation . Waxman beat Dingell, currently the longest-serving member of the House , in a secret ballot vote of the Democratic ...

The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted 25-22 earlier today to recommend House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) to take over as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee from Rep. John Dingell (D-MI). A final decision “will most likely be made by the ...

John Dingell’s defeat at the hands of Henry Waxman for chairmanship of the powerful Energy and Commerce panel points to a new willingness in the House of Representatives to tackle the issues of climate change and worker rights more aggressively, and signals a readiness on the part of ...

Earlier today California Representative Henry Waxman defeated Michigan Rep. John Dingell in a secret ballot vote to claim Dingell's seat as the head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. From Politico: The ascension of Waxman, a wily environmentalist, recasts a committee that Dingell has ...

Out: Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, the tough, cantankerous eminence grise of the House Democratic caucus (he's 82), who was so deferential to Detroit as chairman of the House energy and commerce committee that Lee Iacocca once said he "stood up for the auto industry beyond the call of duty." ...

Update on a post I wrote recently about California Congressman Henry Waxman (D) challenging Michigan Congressman John Dingell (D) for chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Today Dingell lost his post in a secret vote of 137-122. Waxman is an outspoken environmentalist, whereas Dingell ...

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has unseated Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) as chair of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. We testified before Rep. Waxman in January 2007 when, as the new chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he devoted the committee’s first hearing of ...

POLITICS BUZZ : In a secret ballot vote, California Rep. Henry A. Waxman has dethroned longtime Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, upending a seniority system that has governed Democratic politics in the House for decades. The world is being turned upside its head! ...

WASHINGTON — Representative Henry A. Waxman of California ousted Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan from his post as chairman of the influential Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday, giving President-elect Barack Obama an advantage in his plans to promote efforts to combat global ...

Hopefully some discussion of what this might mean later, but for now, just the news. Via E&E Daily : Waxman unseats Dingell as Energy and Commerce chairman Darren Samuelsohn, E&E Daily senior reporter Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is the new chairman of the House Energy and ...

Ding Dong the Dingell is gone! Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) will take the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in January. This is huge for those who’ll want strong action on both climate change and clean energy and energy independence (and health care). Heck, it’s the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the committee with oversight of energy and global warming. Waxman won a 25-22 vote in the Democratic Steering and Policy panel, ...

E&E News (subs. req’d) has the breaking story on the political pugilistic prizefight to police pollution: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) scored a slim opening round win today in his bid to take the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee from Chairman John Dingell ...

I wrote earlier that I was supporting Waxman for the Chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee. This is good news. Congress Daily: By a three-vote margin, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee today recommended that Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman ...