Henry Waxman is trying to unseat John Dingell as chairman of the Energy & Commerce committee. How do you do something like that? I don’t know if it will work, but you try to buy loyalty:
Among the New Democrat-backed freshman who received contributions from Dingell and Waxman are: John Adler of New Jersey, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $5,000 from Waxman; John Boccieri of Ohio, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $5,000 from Waxman; Michael E. McMahon of New York, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $5,000 from Waxman; Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $2,000 from Waxman; Dan Maffei of New York, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $5,000 from Waxman; and Debbie Halvorson of Illinois, who got $1,000 from Dingell and $2,000 from Waxman.
Neither Waxman nor any of those newly elected members responded to requests for comment.
Also, good to know that all those new members have Ellen Tauscher’s stamp of approval. Not.
