Rep. Henry Waxman has ousted Rep. John Dingell as Chairman of the Committe on Energy and Commerce for the House Democrats. The Caucus wide vote was a close 137-122.
Dingell had been the Committee’s Chairman since 1981 and many Democrats felt it was imperative to remove Dingell as Chair in order to move forward on an [...]
Did climate change legislation just get a bit more likely?
The House Democratic Steering Committee has nominated Henry A. Waxman to be chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year — a stinging rebuke of the sitting chairman, John D. Dingell.
Waxman won a 25-22 vote over Dingell in a closed-door meeting Wednesday by the Steering panel. Because [...]
Indeed, she’s the most powerful woman in American history. For those Democrats who despaired over Senator Hillary Clinton’s loss in the primary — and what they thought that meant for women in politics, consider Nancy Pelosi.
As Pelosi enters her third year as speaker, by any measure, she has become the most powerful woman in U.S. [...]
Congressional Quarterly looks at the 5 most vulnerable House seats in 2008, all of which are currently held by retiring Republicans. The list includes Vito Fossella’s [R-NY] seat, which is especially vulnerable after Fossella had to quit a race for re-election after an extra-marital affair came to light and Rick Renzi’s [R-AZ] seat, which will [...]
While it is conventional wisdom from some in the media and many uber-Obama supporters that it is a foregone conclusion that Hillary’s chances of being named VP is downright zero (and at least one of the bluedudes thinks that as well by the way) it is important to note that Hillary has done just about everything [...]
Virginia is an exciting state for Democrats right now. The Old Dominion has elected two Democratic governors in a row [Mark Warner and incumbent Tim Kaine], Jim Webb knocked off heavily favored George Allen in the Senate less than 2 years ago, Mark Warner is heavily favored to pick up a Republican Senate seat this [...]
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