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...Washington, Michigan Representative John Dingell, lost his powerful perch as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a caucus vote on Thursday. For 28 years, Dingell had helped craft every piece of environmental legislation, but he will now have to hand his gavel to California Representative Henry Waxman, a darling of environmental groups...
Nowhere but on Capitol Hill could a 69-year-old politician serving his 17th term be considered a Young Turk. But in challenging and unseating a committee chairman known as "the Truck," California Congressman Henry Waxman has succeeded in the kind of power sortie that happens only once every few decades in Congress - and put himself in a position where he will help determine the fate of much of Barack Obama's domestic agenda...
...Many congressional veterans were surprised when House Democrats, meeting as a caucus, voted 137-122 to oust Michigan's John (the Truck) Dingell, 82, as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and give the post to Waxman. Few jobs in Congress are as powerful; the committee has one of the largest swaths of jurisdiction, encompassing energy, health-care and environmental issues. Waxman's elevation upends one of the most revered principles on Capitol Hill: the seniority system. "It's just been buried," says Representative Charlie Rangel of New York, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee...
...signal will be the outcome of the battle for leadership of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. The contenders: Representative John Dingell of Michigan, who has defended Detroit from tougher fuel-efficiency standards and stood in the way of action on climate change, and the challenger, Henry Waxman of California, who scores high marks from environmentalists. (See pictures of Barack Obama's victory celebration in Chicago...
...Lowdown:Waxman illustrates this overstuffed book with the colorful personalities and histories behind some of the most famous ancient artworks (the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone), and the questions she raises are fascinating ones. Should a nation be allowed back its antiquities if they cannot be cared for? Is there any value in moving a piece from a museum where it will be seen by millions to one where it may be seen by nobody? Should exhibits detail exactly where an item comes from, no matter how embarrassing the history? Unfortunately, the basic appeal of such debates is often diluted...