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For anyone wondering if Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) is in his right mind challenging Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, for the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, there is this bit of history:
After being elected to his third term in Congress in 1978, Waxman took on Rep. Richardson Preyer [...]

Not to get ahead of ourselves, but there is the possibility that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) — who has launched a surprise challenge to Rep. John Dingell’s (D-Mich.) chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee — will, at the end of this saga, surrender his spot as head of the Oversight and Government Reform panel.
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Wow — things are moving quickly in this brave new post-election world.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is planning to take on Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as head of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, Roll Call reported today. The 27-term Dingell is a monolith in the Democratic [...]

Last week, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) called on TV networks and other news organizations to refrain from calling the presidential winner while the polls remain open on the West Coast.
Today, The New York Times reports on the responses from some of those outlets. And here’s a hint: Dingell won’t be pleased.

Hoping to prevent the election-coverage debacle that marred the 2000 presidential race, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) is urging the major television networks to hold off on naming the winner of tomorrow’s contest until the polls have closed — nationwide.
“When television stations call elections based on the results in a few Eastern States,” Dingell wrote last [...]