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...G.O.P. vote. But Democrats say that if they are victorious in November, they plan to force Bush to be more accountable, and they intend to dig through records of contracts in Iraq, for homeland security and for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Democratic Representative Henry Waxman of California, one of the most dogged critics of the Administration, would be in line to chair the House Government Reform Committee and could write witness lists instead of open letters to the West Wing. "Some of these ranking members have had 10 years to think about what they would do," a Democratic official...
...cited for 208 alleged safety violations in 2005, Alma No. 1 for 95. In the past, the MSHA made its inspectors' full notes public, but since 2004, it has released only briefer citations. Critics say the inspectors' notes provide more information on conditions in dangerous mines. Representative Henry Waxman, top Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, has sent a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao--whose department oversees the MSHA--arguing that if the inspector notes for the Sago citations had been disclosed, "it is possible that lifesaving reforms could have been identified and put in place." Waxman tells...
EDWARD R. WAXMAN York...
...Waxman is also a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, which is the less powerful of the University’s two governing bodies. He told The Crimson yesterday, “I do not ever comment on-the-record on litigation that I have in the Supreme Court...
...FAIR suit and the Waxman brief argue that the Solomon Amendment violates schools’ academic freedom rights by effectively silencing universities that want to “send a message” that is critical of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...