Waxman is now in a position to haul the energy executives onto to the floor and expose this campaign just like he did with Big Tobacco.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Rep. Dingell, as the chair of the House energy and commerce committee, was nothing more than a shill for the auto industry, working overtime to suppress any attempts at controlling pollution or raising mileage limits.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green
WASHINGTON — Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively tackling global warming and other environmental problems Thursday, toppling ve...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
This week the Senate voted to remain an exclusive club of self-protection and entitlement by letting Bush enabler Joe Lieberman keep his gavel, but the House has voted for progress.
Pete Cenedella | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Bye bye MIchigan, hello California: The House Democrats have finally cleared some old spare parts out of the way in anticipation of President Obama's agenda.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrats steered the House toward more aggressively tackling global warming and other environmental problems Thursday, toppling ve...
Politico | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Rep Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has won round one in his bid to unseat Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the powerhouse commerce committee. Waxm...
The Hill | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
The top two Democratic leaders in the House are expected to vote for different lawmakers to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee in the next Congres...
Huffington Post, Grist | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green
The battle for chairmanship of the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee has been heated, dividing Democrats in Congress. Rep. Henry Waxman ...
Bloomberg | Lorraine Woellert and Christopher Stern | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green
When House Democrats return to Washington next week, they will have to choose between two of the party's most senior lawmakers. The elder statesman i...
Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, The Daily Breeze, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative democrat, is up for a h...
Robert Reed | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago
Ken Griffin, Chicago hedge fund magnate and one of the country's wealthiest men, is the anti-Trump. Unlike The Donald, Griffin hates being noticed. All that is about to change Thursday.
The Hill | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has called his challenger for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), a...
Laurie David | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
Now that Detroit is begging for a handout to save itself, Congress should demand in return a serious, long-overdue increase in fuel efficiency standards for new cars and trucks.
Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green
Fighting words are being exchanged in the brewing battle over the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In an interview on Detroit...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A top Democratic aide says Rep. Henry Waxman, a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is challenging veteran Rep. John Dingell as H...
Posted 11.30.2008 | Business
Below is the text of a letter sent on October 28, 2008 from Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to the he...
Denise Dennis | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home
Recently, pollsters have moved Pennsylvania from a toss-up, battleground state to leaning or, according to Real Clear Politics, leading Obama, but De...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...
AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal life...
Paul Helmke | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.
Javier Sierra | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green
The EPA is charged with keeping our communities safe from environmental degradation, something we Latinos know first hand. Sixty-six percent of us live dangerously close to a toxic site.
ProPublica | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Blackwater Worldwide may have misrepresented its size to obtain small business contracts, the House oversight committee announced on Monday. The findi...
Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
Pelosi's response to a viewer who asked why she took the impeachment of George W. Bush off the table is categoric proof of her incompetence, dereliction of duty, disdain for the Constitution and disregard for the people of this nation.
Steve Clemons | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!
Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green