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November 20th at 12:29PM

Waxman on Top of Dingell

POSTED BY: G. Xavier Robillard

The above title is my attempt to increase traffic from gay porn searches. There is a grand skirmish in the Democratic Party, as tree-hugging nudist Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Californication) pushes out John Dingell (D-General Motors) to lead the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

You may remember Waxman from the series of lonely unrequited letters about torture, CIA leaks, fake Niger uranium, etc. he sent to President Bush when the Democrats were in the minority.

Waxman's leadership indicates a huge change for the Committee, namely that large portions of environmental and energy policy should be dictated by the state with the most stringent rules on auto emissions and gas mileage (and most cars and miles of freeway), rather than a state beholden to an industry bent on thwarting those changes.

This upends the traditional seniority system for House committee chairmanships.

"Seniority is important, but it should not be a grant of property rights to be chairman for three decades or more," Waxman said after emerging from the caucus meeting.

Committee chairs will now be selected based on contests including best mustache and shiniest head.

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July 8th at 10:26AM

Congressman Waxman Seeks to Fight Future Karl Rove Clones

POSTED BY: CubbyChaser

Rep. Henry Waxman -- Democratic Representative fom California chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- is looking to pull the plug on future presidents hiring Karl Roves of their own for future cabinets...

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hints broadly that such a bill could ban the use of federal funds to finance such a politically partisan office.

"Why should we be using taxpayer dollars to have a person solely in charge of politics in the White House?" Waxman said in an interview. "Can you imagine the reaction if each member of Congress had a campaign person paid for with taxpayer dollars?"

Yeah! Or if the Democratic-lead Congress actually ever passed a bill that the president didn't like! Can you imagine that?

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lol go Karl, to call him a Nazi is incomprehensible and just plain wrong. What he said after 9/11 is so true..... "In the wake of 9/11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban; in the wake of 9/11, liberals believed it was time to… submit a petition. I am not joking. Submitting a petition is precisely what Moveon.org did. It was a petition imploring the powers that be to 'use moderation and restraint in responding to the… terrorist attacks against the United States'," he said.

by Dan July 9th at 12:05PM
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