Henry Waxman

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These Health Care Numbers Could Make a Man Sick!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Office of Management and Budget, Chris Dodd, Henry Waxman, Republicans and Health Care, Barack Obama, GOP and Health Care, Bill Kristol, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Chuck Grassley, Health Care, William Kristol, Politics News

Not only do the various plans now being considered fail to "bend the curve" of health care spending downward, every one of the plans would send the curve still higher.

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Waxman: Health Care On Track To Meet Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Ross, Jane Harman, Health Care Reform, House Health Care Bill, Henry Waxman, Health Care, Health Reform, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee met behind closed doors Monday as they worked to become the third and final House committee to approve ...

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Candidates Turn To Lobbyists For Fundraising Help

thehill.com | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Campaigns, Lobbyists, Fec, K Street, Henry Waxman, Fundraising, Recession, Barney Frank, Politics News

A number of candidates facing tough re-election bids are turning to K Street for fundraising help. July 15 was the first time that candidates' poli...

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What's Right About the House Health Care Plan

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Politics, House of Representatives, Senate, Health, Breaking Politics News, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, Health Care, Politics News

Now that the House members have proposed legislation, it seems fair that I take a few minutes to talk about what they appear to have gotten right.

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House Health Plan Released, Will Boost Taxes On Rich

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ERICA WERNER | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Henry Waxman, Waxman, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Rich, Taxes, Tax, Health Care, Healthcare, Haelth Care Refrom, Health Care Overhaul, President Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and ...

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A Clean Energy Moment: Where Hope and History Rhyme

Margie Alt | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Waxman-Markey, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Clean Air Act, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Green News

Is the climate bill so compromised that we who care about clean energy and the fate of the planet should have opposed it? There are three main reasons why, despite its imperfections, we had to support it.

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Of Course They're Making Health Care Reform Difficult

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Single Payer Healthcare, Henry Waxman, Insurance Companies, Single Payer Health Care, Health Care, Health, Politics News

Let me break it down: that a public health care option should even be assailed suggests the encroachment of an industry desperately clinging to its racket.

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Henry Waxman: GOP "Rooting Against" USA

Politico | GLENN THRUSH | | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waxman Book, Waxman Gop, The Waxman Report, Waxman Gop Rooting Against Usa, Waxman Republicans, Henry Waxman, Politics News

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legisl...

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Waxman-Markey Property Rights to the Sky ? Part 3 Interview with Economist James Quilligan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Edward Markey, Economy, United Nations, Waxman-Markey, Oil, Oil Prices, The Commons, Global Financial Crisis, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, James Quilligan, Global Warming, Politics News

Greening all of the world's businesses and our consumer habits through the economic signals of the marketplace will not change the energy base of civilization from fossil fuel.

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Henry Waxman Schooled On Restless Leg Syndrome (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Talking Points, Health Care Reform, Henry Waxman, Restless Leg Syndrome, Politics News

As you may have heard, California Rep. Henry Waxman was released recently from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, having been admitted after ...

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Single-Payers Crashing the Gates

Marcy Winograd | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer Healthcare, Henry Waxman, Single Payer, Obama-Public-Option, Politics News

One of the many frustrations for advocates of single-payer health care is the relentless drive to marginalize us, not only by conservatives but also by members of our own party.

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Henry Waxman Hospitalized

AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman remained in the hospital in his home state of California on Wednesday, a day after fainting in his off...

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Four Reasons the Climate Bill Passed This Year

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Henry Waxman, Copenhagen 2009, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Global Warming, Green News

As the bill moves into the Senate, we will need bold leaders to proclaim that the long-term health of our economy and planet are of greater value than the attack ads of next year's election cycle.

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The House Climate Vote Defies Expectation

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy, Economic Stimulus, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News

Back in January, few people believed that six months into a new session and a new administration -- and in the midst of an economic meltdown -- we could pass transformative clean energy legislation in the House.

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Union Makes Last-Minute Pitch For Climate Change Bill's Passage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Climate Bill, Afl-Cio Climate Change, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Waxman Markey, Afl-Cio Community, Climate Change Bill, Politics News

With Congress expected to vote on a 1,201-page climate change bill on Friday, one of the country's largest unions is sending word to Democrats from co...

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GOP Antics Helping Dems Push Climate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Warming, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Collin Peterson, Politics News

With the House of Representatives barreling toward a Friday vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, Democratic leaders working to swing more "Y...

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Barney Frank Introduces Marijuana Legislation

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dangerous Controlled Substance, White House, President Obama, Marijuana, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Dea, Medical Marijuana, Obama, Drug, President, Drug Enforcement Agency, John Stuart Mill, Schedule I, Schedule, Schedule II, Medical Use, Bill Maher, Committee, House, Frank, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Paul, Democrats, Barack Obama, Marijuana Patient Protection Act, Dana Rohrabacher, Chris Weigant, Controlled Substance Act, Drug Policy, Personal Use, Rohrabacher, Politics News

How many Democrats do we need to elect to Congress before such commonsense laws are passed to rein in some of the excesses of past eras?

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RNC Claims "Lights Out" If Climate Bill Passes

The Hill | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Rnc, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Republican National Convention, Waxman-Markey, Politics News

It'll be "lights out" for consumers if the climate change bill before Congress is allowed to become law, the Republican National Committee (RNC) warne...

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House Democrats "Anxious To Take On" Health Care Reform Opponents

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, House Democrats, Henry Waxman, Health Care Reform, Charlie Rangel, George Miller, Politics News

The Democratic Party showed on Friday what it's capable of when led by the majority of its members rather than its conservative wing. In stark contras...

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Is Congress Ready to Reassert its Independent Role?

Sandy Maisel | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Colin Peterson, George Stephanopoulos, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, David Gregory, Joe Biden, Henry Waxman, Mary Landrieu, Chris Matthews, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

I have just finished watching the Sunday talk shows. All in all -- and this from a Sunday morning talk show junkie -- a pretty poor excuse for analysis of what's going on in Washington.

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Does the Waxman-Markey Bill "Give Away 85% of Allowances to Polluters"?

David Roberts | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ed Markey, Emission Allowances, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Pork, Henry Waxman, Myths, Auctions, Allocation, Environment, Green News

As the Waxman-Markey climate/energy bill nears a make-or-break vote in the House, those who work to improve it need more than ever to understand it first.

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CBO: Waxman-Markey to Reduce Cumulative Emissions Just 2% Between 2012-2020

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, House of Representatives, Climate Policy, Congress, Carbon Offsets, Edward Markey, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Green News

The CBO has published the first predictions from a government agency about the actual impact on U.S. emissions likely to result from the version of the Waxman-Markey legislation.

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My Interview With Henry Waxman

Michael Bendetson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Henry Waxman, Edward Markey, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

For over 30 years, Representative Waxman has focused his tenure on health care and environmental issues.

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Five Legislators I May Not Vote For Again

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Insurance, Henry Waxman, Barbara Boxer, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Barack Obama, Health, Politics News

This past month, my health insurance company raised premiums across the board 34%. The Democrats are already making noise about giving in to the insurance business. Why, then, did any of us vote for these fools?

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Clean Energy Bill Can Be Better

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency, Green Jobs, Epa, Oil, Environment, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Coal, Global Warming, 1sky, Green News