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.
Hang on, so how does this affect what you were saying about Dingell and health care? My brain is still in post-election tapioca mode.
if Waxman wins, he’ll be the major player in the House on health care.
Right- so in this scenario, who’s Moynihan and who’s Kennedy? Is HillaryCare ’93 comparable?
progressives generally distrust Dingell and feel much better about Waxman. On the specific issue of health care, I am not sure there is much difference. I haven’t looked into it, but Dingell has been a champion of universal health care for fifty years, so I give him a lot of credit.
Martin Heinrich and Debbie Halvorson got STIFFED by Waxman! 😉