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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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Sam Stein

Another Dem Leadership Battle May Be Brewing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oversight Committee, Democratic Leadership Battles, Henry Waxman, Ed Towns, Oversight, Cummings Versus Towns, Waxman, Elijah Cummings, Politics News

Henry Waxman's hard-fought capture of the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship has created an opening for his soon-to-be-former seat atop ...

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Progressive Mandate At Work: Waxman Named House Energy Chair

Bill Scher | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Liberal, Progressive, Dingell, Waxman, Global Warming, Mandate, John Dingell, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Waxman Dingell, Green News
Bill Scher

This is victory for the public interest in passing strong global warming legislation over the self-interest of protecting an inflexible seniority system for key congressional posts.

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Demoratic Battle Brewing: Waxman Trying To Unseat Powerful Energy Chairman

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A top Democratic aide says Rep. Henry Waxman, a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is challenging veteran Rep. John Dingell as H...

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Hemorraging $12 Billion a Month: Triage on How to Slow the Bleeding

Dina Rasor | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Service Industry, Iraq Contractors, Waxman, Webb, Mccaskill, Iraq Contractor Fraud, Politics News
Dina Rasor

I will let the politicians sort out when we should get out of Iraq but I can tell you what the Congress can do to slow the bleeding until more help comes.

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State Department Inspector General Grilled By Congress Over Ties To Blackwater

Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

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The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Assessing the State Department Inspector General." Inspector General Howard J. Krongard will ...

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 7]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...

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Blackwater Illustrates the Achilles' Heel of Using Contractors in Hostile Zones

Dina Rasor | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics

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Dina Rasor

Blackwater's Wild West days may be over and the prospect of being arrested by the angry Iraq justice system could drive contractors out of the country.

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Thomas B. Edsall

HuffPost Interview: Rep. Henry Waxman

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.11.2007 | Politics

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Huffington Post political editor Thomas B. Edsall recently spoke with House Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman, who has led many of the high-profile inve...

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