Dingell vs. Waxman — are their pasts prologue?

By Josh Israel

UPDATE: The Democratic caucus voted Waxman into the chairmanship by a count of 137-122. California Democrat Henry Waxman scored an early-ro

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"… gell today in Waxman’s quest to unseat the longest-serving member of the House of Representative and claim his Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship …"

"… mmittee chairmanship for the upcoming 111th Congress. In a 25-22 vote, the House Democratic Steering Committee endorsed Waxman for the job — though the f …"

Catholic bishops’ abortion war chest stays secret

By Joe Eaton

During the waning days of the health reform debate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) mounted a full-court press to b

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"… rtions, a reading of the bill that other Catholic groups disputed.To fight House passage of the Senate version of the legislation, the conference sent paid …"

"… ing to news reports, the group focused pressure on Catholic members of the House, including Bart Stupak, the Michigan congressman who co-sponsored an amend …"

"… o co-sponsored an amendment that led to tight abortion restrictions in the House reform bill. The bishops remained opposed to the reform package to the end …"

"… ardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Rome to discuss abortion and health reform. Bost …"

Auto dealers spend big to stay out of financial reform

By Joe Eaton

As Congress developed sweeping changes to police financial markets, U.S. automobile dealers responded with a strong lobby push to protect th

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"… t auto dealers from the proposed consumer financial protection agency. The House financial reform bill carves out automobile dealers from jurisdiction of t …"

"… ew pro-consumer agency, but the Senate bill does not. Negotiators from the House and Senate will meet in June to work out differences between their version …"

"… ption for auto lenders, an industry which has been criticized by the White House and the Treasury Department for pushing shady loans on members of the mili …"

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Lobbyists swarm capitol to influence health reform

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

When President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership on Thursday to jump start stalled health reform efforts, industry lobbyists

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"… money well spent. A close look at the health reform bills that passed the House and Senate show lobbyists were apparently effective at blocking provisions …"

"… Obama’s own blueprint, released on Monday, combines elements of both the House and Senate bills. To pass, any bill would need to attract Republican suppo …"

"… uld just get around the partisan bickering.”The AMA succeeded in molding House and Senate bills to make sure cuts would not come out of doctors’ pocket …"

"… it. I don’t think they wanted to.”The lack of serious cost controls in House and Senate bills are a direct result of health industry lobbying efforts, …"

Car dealers take victory lap, but will face tougher FTC

By Michael Hudson

Car dealers are close to winning their battle to avoid oversight by a new federal consumer financial protection bureau but elation over the

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"… ney Frank, chairman of the conference committee, said language proposed by House negotiators would give the FTC “enhanced powers” to act more quickly o …"

"… on in a wide-ranging financial reform bill being finalized by a Senate and House conference committee.“The votes are not there to give the consumer prote …"

"… rs’ loans when it comes to enforcing federal “truth-in-lending” laws.House Republican negotiators opposed language giving the FTC expedited rule-maki …"

"… rule-making authority.Spencer Bachus of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, said any form of tighter regulation for auto …"

Early in crisis, Senator helps nuclear industry sway colleagues on safety

By Ronnie Greene

The U.S. industry’s powerful lobbying arm has wasted no time quietly making its case to Congress — with a little help from Sen. Jeff Bingama

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"… mp;A it is distributing to key decision-makers and aides in the Senate and House. A copy of the pamphlet was obtained by The Center for Public Integrity.En …"

"… campaign contributions, approximately $240,000 went to candidates for the House, and $70,000 to those for the Senate, with industry PAC donations doled ou …"

"… less noticeably with members of Congress and their aides in the Senate and House, handing out the pamphlet and attempting to cool fears that similar proble …"

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Do Michigan, Idaho, and Vermont want out of the basement?

By Caitlin Ginley

Since the Center began keeping track of state financial disclosure laws in 1999, three states have stood out somewhat notoriously for, well,

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"… aho real estate property holdings, other than a personal residence.But the House is another matter. Speaker Lawerence Denney essentially killed the legisla …"

"… s progress next year,” said Davis.Everyone — Republican and Democrats, House and Senate, legislative and executive — seems to accept the idea of a fi …"

"… ter.”This year is, arguably, no different. The Democratically-controlled House passed a financial disclosure bill in March, but that measure is still awa …"

House committee subpoenas ATF for documents on gun probe

By David Heath

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today issued a subpoena

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"… committee subpoena has given ATF until April 13th to produce documents. …"

"… Department, [t]hey’re stonewalling,” Grassley said in a statement.The House committee subpoena has given ATF until April 13th to produce documents. …"

Oil-financed Congress members target public-interest group

By Richard Prince and Esther Cassidy

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2000 — A saga involving Big Oil, millions of unrealized tax dollars, whistle-blowers, members of Congress and campaign

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"… campaign contributions is resuming on Capitol Hill, with a highly partisan House committee threatening contempt-of-Congress charges against a small, besieg …"

"… gainst a small, besieged public-interest watchdog group.The setting is the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, presided over by Representat …"

"… entative Barbara Cubin, a Republican who is Wyoming’s only member of the House.She’s acting at the request of the committee chairman, Representative Do …"

"… quest of the committee chairman, Representative Don Young, Alaska’s sole House member and the Houses number one recipient of contributions from oil and g …"

PhRMA ads offer pat on the back to politicians who supported SCHIP

By Marianne Lavelle

They’re doing it for the kids. The nation’s leading drug makers have underwritten the largest political issue advertising campaign on the ai

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"… t was purchasing ads funded by PhRMA. So far, the group has singled out 15 House members (including Colorado Senate candidate Mark Udall) and 13 senators w …"

"… nt men in the children’s health debate. The other two candidates are House Democrats fighting hard to keep their seats in swing districts: Carol Shea …"

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