John Dingell

Joseph Romm: The Top 10 Things to Give Thanks For — 10. Tina Palin [Sarah Fey?]. Palin helped ruin John McCain's chances by turning off independents and in general being emblematic of his erratic approach to decision-making. Plus she is the gift that keeps on giving as "64% of GOP voters say Palin is their top choice for 2012," which means she may help lead conservatives to an even bigger defeat in 2012. And she made possible Fey's SNL uber-fey impression. Talk about win-win. Thank you very much! 9. Climate Scientists. If you enjoy spending time outdoors, thank a climate scientist for helping to alert the world in the 1970s and... [Tags: chlorofluorocarbons, climate scientist, climate scientists, colbert report, deadly impact]

Can GM CEO Rick Wagoner’s lobbying help land federal bailout? — Filed under: General Motors (GM), Politics, Financial Crisis General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) Chief Executive Rick Wagoner, the longest serving head of an automaker, is personally lobbying members of Congress to back a federal bailout of the struggling automaker, which wants to merge with its much weaker rival Chrysler LLC. Bloomberg News, which broke the story, reported that Wagoner’s “involvement includes attending meetings, such as one with Treasury Department officials last week in Washington.” You can bet that Michigan’s powerful senior member of Congress, John Dingell, is attending many of the same meetings as Wagoner. GM no doubt is... [Tags: auto industry, automaker, bailout, behemoths, bloomberg news]

Lawmaker Dingell hospitalized — WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland today...... [Tags: bethesda naval hospital, dearborn, john dingell, lawmaker]

Can GM CEO Rick Wagoner’s lobbying help land federal bailout? — Filed under: General Motors (GM), Politics, Financial Crisis General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) Chief Executive Rick Wagoner, the longest serving head of an automaker, is personally lobbying members of Congress to back a federal bailout of the struggling automaker, which wants to merge with its much weaker rival Chrysler LLC. Bloomberg News, which broke the story, reported that Wagoner’s “involvement includes attending meetings, such as one with Treasury Department officials last week in Washington.” You can bet that Michigan’s powerful senior member of Congress, John Dingell, is attending many of the same meetings as Wagoner. GM no doubt is... [Tags: auto industry, automaker, bailout, behemoths, bloomberg news]

Steve Parker: Europe's, China's carmakers ask for help; Waxman wins key Congressional post — In a major win for all consumers, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman of California in charge of a key panel that will have oversight over global warming issues in the new Congress. He'll head the House Energy and Commerce Committee, replacing Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, 82, the most senior member in the House. Waxman is probably best-known for his tenacity in taking-on the tobacco industry and developing many rules concerning their manufacture and, especially, their sale. Waxman will demand better mileage, lower emissions and more safety from Detroit-made vehicles. (Henry Waxman... [Tags: alan mulally, auto industry, better mileage, commerce committee, congressional post]

Congress Gives Not-So-Big Three An Ultimatum [Carpocalypse Now] — After some members of Congress excoriated the leaders of the Big 3 for wasting money and not planning for their future, leadership from the Senate and House said they wouldn't give the automakers billions of dollars until they came up with a plan for not wasting money and setting up their own future. Welcome to Carpocalypse Now! It was basically the best solution that the lame duck Congress could come up with given that Turkey Day is around the corner and, like the UAW, Congress loves to take vacations. But why put it off? What's really happening? It doesn't look... [Tags: 110th congress, automakers, bailout, best solution, billions of dollars]

How Aggressively Will the New Administration Address Global Warming? — Very, it would seem. This isn't exactly a surprise. Obama campaigned hard on the subject. But a couple of personnel moves in recent days suggest that, despite the cratering economy, the administration is also eager to tackle the energy/global warming issues. The first move is the ouster of John Dingell as chairman of the House Committee on [...]... [Tags: administration address, economy, first move, global warming, house committee]

Waxman's win leaves Gov't Oversight chair vacant — You can't chair two committees. Them's the rules. So now that Henry Waxman has succeeded in wresting control of the Energy & Commerce Committee from John Dingell (a victory which Dingell has, in conciliatory fashion, congratulated Waxman), the chairmanship of the Oversight panel that Waxman led is up for grabs. And even though the Waxman-Dingell contest appears to have undone the seniority system, it's alive and well in other quarters (and might not be as dead as all that, anyway, given that Waxman's hardly a newcomer to E&C). TPM is reporting that the chair of Oversight and Government Reform is... [Tags: cbc members, colleague, commerce committee, committee chairmanship, congressional black caucus]

For Whom The Bell Dingells — Lord, things are moving fast...and also not. The stock market is moving south--fast. The number of jobless claims are moving north--fast. Economic panic is in the air...and the atmosphere is Washington is changing faster than a speeding ballot (ouch, sorry). There is a stirring in the Congress, too, where nothing of substance has happened in a long, long time. Today the hopelessly dopey auto makers received a couple of stark warnings: First, California's crusading Henry Waxman replaced the eternal John Dingell, patron saint of the gas-guzzlers, as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is great news for... [Tags: auto makers, bailout, barack obama, bleak days, bluster]

Pelosi praises Dingell and Waxman — Blog: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praises John Dingell and Henry Waxman... [Tags: blog, henry waxman, house speaker nancy pelosi, john dingell, nancy pelosi]

Henry Waxman — 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! In a good way. This is considered a win for environmentalists and a big defeat for the auto industry. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Waxman Dethrones Dingell As Chairman Why This is Significant for the Health-Care World Henry Waxman on Wikipedia Rep. Henry Waxman’s Website He’s an Environmentalist, and... [Tags: auto industry, best links, buzz, chairman john, commerce committee]

Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama's Big Congressional Victory — That thunderous crash you just heard emanating from Washington, DC was Henry Waxman's toppling of John Dingell to become chair of the energy and commerce committee. West Coast beats Midwest Coast. Good versus evil. A rotten oak has been felled. Whatever you want to call it, it's a big victory for Barack Obama and liberals, as important, if not more so, than his cabinet appointments. (Full disclosure: I should mention that my significant other works for H.W., but these are my own unfiltered thoughts.) Dingell, as odious and bullying a legislator as there's ever been, was essentially nothing more than... [Tags: auto industry, barack obama, bush administration, cabinet appointments, capitol hill]

Jane Hamsher: Waxman Defeats Dingall, Blue Dogs Get Spanked — In a stinging rebuke of the Blue Dog caucus, Henry Waxman has defeated John Dingell for Chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Why, it seems like only yesterday the conservative Blue Dogs were sniffing that the Steering Committee which recommended Waxman were a bunch of unrepentant hippies who didn't reflect the overall makeup of the Democratic caucus. (In fact, it was.) This is a huge defeat for the Blue Dogs, who have become the primary recipients of the massive corporate donations which used to flow to the Republicans. They were were hoping to use Dingell as a roadblock... [Tags: blue dog, blue dogs, chairmanship, commerce committee, corporate donations]

Bill Scher: Progressive Mandate At Work: Waxman Named House Energy Chair — Last week, the progressive mandate was felt in the Senate, as right-leaning Democratic Senator Max Baucus proposed legislation to guarantee health care for all. Today, the progressive mandate was felt in the House, as the Democratic caucus voted 137-122 to remove longtime global warming skeptic Rep. John Dingell as chair of the House energy committee, in favor of environmental champion Rep. Henry Waxman. The close vote should not be interpreted as a sign of deep ideological division on the environment -- though some differences certainly remain -- but a victory for the public interest in passing strong global warming legislation... [Tags: bold action, caucus members, climate crisis, democratic caucus, democratic senator]

Waxman wins. — Roll Call (subscription) reports that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) will be taking over the gavel of the House Energy & Commerce Committee from longtime Chairman John Dingell (D-MI), after a vote of 137-122 in the full House Democratic Caucus. Yesterday's 25-22 vote in the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee backing Henry Waxman's challenge for the gavel against sitting Chairman John Dingell wasn't the end of the contest. The outcome in the full Caucus was still uncertain until the votes were cast, and it was a close one. The fight took on a bit more of an ideological tinge than... [Tags: backer, campaign support, chairman john, commerce committee, commerce committees]

Pete Cenedella: Dingell to the Junk Yard: Henry Waxman Deposes John Dingell on House Energy Committee — Feel the balance of power shifting in the American energy debate? Bye bye MIchigan, hello California: The House Democrats have finally cleared some old spare parts out of the way in anticipation of President Obama's agenda. Henry Waxman, a reliably progressive and sometimes pleasingly combative liberal form California has deposed John Dingell of Michigan at the helm of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Committee will play a major role in several key issues on Obama's to-do list: climate change, alternative energy development, retooling the American auto industry, and health care reform. Rep. Dingell's three-decade reign has been characterized... [Tags: alternative energy development, american auto industry, ancient pyramids, cenedella, climate change]

Waxman Ousts Dingell From Energy Chair — Roll Call reports: Rep. Henry Waxman (Calif.) has ousted Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell (Mich.), as Democratic lawmakers voted 137-122 Thursday morning to hand the gavel of the powerhouse panel to its second-ranking member.... [Tags: chairman john, democratic lawmakers, energy chair, gavel, henry waxman]

Re: Waxman-Dingell Showdown — Seems my sources this ayem were incorrect. Politico reports that Henry Waxman has won the Energy Committee gavel, unseating John Dingell from the perch he has held since 1981. Update: The vote was 137-122 by secret ballot. Edolphus Towns now succeeds Waxman at the helm of the Oversight Committee. All in all it has been a terrible week for Detroit: their pleas for a bailout fell on deaf (and in some cases hostile) ears and their greatest champion has now lost his soapbox.       ... [Tags: bailout, champion, ears, edolphus towns, energy committee]

Dems to decide Dingell fate today — WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Michigan suffered a setback on Wednesday when a House Democratic leadership committee nominated his rival, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, as the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Following the 25-22 loss, Dingell, D-Dearborn, heads into a final showdown today that will determine whether he retains his position, in which he has had huge say over federal policies affecting the auto industry. The recommendation by the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee isn't binding, and Dingell allies argued he will prevail in the vote by the more diverse full... [Tags: allies, auto industry, commerce committee, dearborn, democratic caucus]

Laurie David: Detroit Bailout -- Let ExxonMobil Foot the Bill — Listening to the auto execs this week, hat in hand testifying in front of Congress, you'd think it would have offered a humble moment for them to come clean and own up to their mistakes. But no, they continue to deny any responsibility for the mess they are in. Instead (oh how convenient) they blamed their problems on the current collapse of the economy! That denial alone should exempt them from any "bridge loan." The best idea I've heard in the last few days comes from an unlikely source, the actor Ashton Kutcher on the Bill Maher show, who repeated... [Tags: ancient pyramids, ashton kutcher, auto industry, bailout, bill maher]