[Rhodes22-list] Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif/The rest of the story

[Brad Haslett]

Rummy,

Waxman "rattling his sabre" so soon after the election is precisely one of
the issues Nancy will face.  The Blue Dog faction of the House just went up
from 37 to 44, that's roughly 1/5 of the House.  A lot of incoming Freshman
ran as middle-of-the-road candidates from conservative districts. They no
doubt are already thinking about re-election and what the coastal
Congressmen and their antics will create. Nancy has committed to restoring
seniority which means Rangel, Waxman, the "otta-be-in-jail" Hastings, and
other far left old hands will get key committee positions. I predict either
one of two scenarios will develop:  Nancy will rule with an iron fist and
the House will immediately tack left, or, the Blue Dogs and the Freshmen
will wrestle control from the old hands.  The intra-party struggles will be
more interesting to watch than the Dem-GOP fight. Rangel has already run his
mouth off about Mississippi which drew some ire from
the Democratic Mississippi delegation.  This is fun to watch!

Don't expect a lot to get done in the meantime.

Brad


On 11/11/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Republicans have speculated that a  Democratic congressional majority will
> mean a flurry of subpoenas and  investigations into everything under the
> sun as
> retaliation against the GOP and  President Bush.
> Not so, Waxman said.
> "A lot of people have said to me,  'Are you going to now go out and issue
> a
> lot of subpoenas and go on a wild  payback time?' Well, payback is
> unworthy,"
> he said. "Doing oversight doesn't  mean issuing subpoenas. It means trying
> to get information."
> Subpoenas would be used only as a  last result, Waxman said, taking a jab
> at
> a previous committee chairman, GOP  Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana, who led
> the
> committee during part of the Clinton  administration.
> "He issued a subpoena like most  people write a letter," Waxman said.
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