This Thursday, House Democrats voted by secret ballot to oust long time U.S. Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. Dingell was a longtime Congressman who was a solid liberal and an ally of the Big Three domestic automakers and was noted for his practical approach to governmental issues. The Michigan lawmaker lost to far left wing Democratic rival, Henry Waxman, a liberal icon from California, who is noted for his unblinking support for environmental lobbying groups.
Dingell had chaired or been the ranking Democrat on the committee since 1981, but the new Democrats felt he wasn't anti-growth, pro-taxes, and communist enough in his approach, so replaced him with Waxman, who will focus on overhauling the nation's energy policy by ending all domestic energy production, will fight to curbing any gases produced by production or people, and will expand health care coverage to more illegal immigrants and politically well-connected groups.
Another great day for the liberal wing of the Democratic Party of America, but again, probably another bad day for America.Details from this story were taken from this story in the Detroit News.
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