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Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Posts Tagged oversight and government reform committee

Kucinich to Take On the “Bureaucracy of Private Health Insurance”

By | 09.10.09 | 3:50 pm

As congressional Republicans continue to warn that the Democrats’ health reform plans would “put government bureaucrats between you and your doctor,” Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is planning an examination of the bureaucrats who are there now: the private insurers.

In two hearings scheduled for next week, More…

Waxman: No Rookie at Taking on Power

By | 11.07.08 | 1:15 pm

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, More…