Tag: Henry Waxman
Bachmann’s ‘House Call’ obstructionist health reform policy as pathology
Controversial Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is hosting a “House Call” urging Tea Party activists to storm the Capitol today to oppose health care...
National security hawks to rally support for Clean Energy Act
A group of national-security hawks who view the Clean Energy Act as critical to shoring up national defense say they're determined not to allow the legislation to be pigeonholed as strictly environmental law. They say they're taking their message across the country to voting districts where constituents rate national security a high priority but where there remains significant opposition to the act — and Colorado could be ground zero for the campaign.
House Democrats battle new emissions standards… again
Even as some House Democrats moved closer last week to installing first-of-a-kind limits on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, others are in a full-court press to kill a separate White House effort to curb those same greenhouse gasses.
Coal, electric industries big winners in climate-bill deal
WASHINGTON — Even as Democrats in the U.S. House are celebrating their deal with conservative-leaning colleagues on climate change legislation, the real winners under the compromise have been the coal, electric and auto industries, which are largely the source of the nation’s carbon emissions.
Advocates say energy bill too watered down to make a big...
Henry Waxman, D-Calif., may not “have the nuts” to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act (at least according to his GOP counterpart on the House Energy and Commerce Committee), but some Colorado environmentalists say the bill itself doesn’t have the teeth it needs to truly transform America’s energy infrastructure.
Waxman ushers in new era for environmentalists
In Capitol Hill’s Rayburn office building, in the private chambers of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, hangs an enormous satellite photograph of the planet earth. Beneath the picture is a couch, where, according to sources familiar with the committee, long-time Chairman John Dingell is fond of sitting. From that couch, they say, the venerable Michigan Democrat, who has served for 53 years, has been known to point up to the photo and say, “That is the jurisdiction of this committee.”
Federal Drug Office To Face Questions Over Politicization
They might be known best for their anti-marijuana television ads, but the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has gained additional attention from...