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 ...

Change has come to DC, and it's not just Barack Obama who is shaking things up. This morning, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) took over the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, the committee that will be responsible for writing global warming legislation. Congressman Waxman, a leader on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Environmentalists and auto industry watching vote for California's Henry Waxman or Michigan's John DingellRead more... (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/19/henry-waxman-john-dingell-environment-energy)

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's a very important story. How great has Waxman been since '06 ? I think he needs our backing in this fight for the Chairmanship. I'm here for you Henry. Matt Stoller explains: Automakers and Dingell vs. Waxman I'm surprised, given the amount of attention foisted on the US auto industry ...

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 ...

Back to The Future by digby Bill Bennett just said that he thought the new president would have his biggest fights with Henry Waxman and said that he himself would side with the president. That's very interesting and it tracks with my ongoing observation that village is airbrushing Bush out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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! ...

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 ...

Reuters: U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, a California liberal, won the chairmanship of a key congressional energy committee on Thursday and promised to work closely with President-elect Barack Obama to promote alternative energy, ease global warming and expand healthcare. Skip related content Waxman ...

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 ...

John Nichols Rep. Henry Waxman has won leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a sign that Obama and Pelosi will be setting the agenda in Washington.

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 ...