Waxman challenge might be a climate change power play

11/17/2008
A chairmanship challenge at the House Energy and Commerce Committee may be the first step in a power play over climate change.Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) confirmed in a Nov. 5 statement that he will seek to become chairman of the committee, now headed by John D. Dingell (D-Mich.).Waxman is chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a position that has enabled him to exercise his considerable talent for embarrassing witnesses, mostly Republicans.When the Executive Branch moves into Democratic hands in January, leadership of the oversight panel won’t be much fun for a gotchameister. So it’s no surprise that the very liberal and fiercely partisan Waxman is ...

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