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BLOGASSAULT on Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:39:34 AM
Half measures on global warming are no longer going to be acceptable. That is why moderate Rep. John Dingell (D) was
unseated today by Rep. Henry Waxman (D) for the powerful House Energy and Commerce Commitee Chair.
The 255-House Democratic conference voted 137 to 122 to accept the recommendation of its steering committee and agreed to replace Dingell, 82 years old, a long-time friend of the auto industry, with Waxman, a 69-year-old Californian anxious to ease global warming, a top concern of president-elect Barack Obama.
Dingell is the second-longest serving House member in history, having been elected 53 years ago, and he has either been chairman of the committee or its top Democrat since 1981. Waxman has complained that the committee has been too slow to address environmental issues.
Change is coming.