Politics

Waxman Win Is Boon for Environmentalists, Bust for Utilities, Automakers A wall-sized poster of Earth hangs in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, an image that Chairman John Dingell once boasted showed the reach of his panel.

Pence's Rise to Republican House Leadership Signals Return to Reagan Roots Representative Mike Pence says the Republican Party doesn't need new ideas: It needs to reconnect to old ones.

U.S. Attorney General Mukasey Conscious, Alert in Hospital After Collapse U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech in Washington last night and was taken to a hospital, where a spokesman said he was ``conscious, conversant and alert.''

Waxman Wrests Chairmanship of Energy and Commerce Committee From Dingell Representative Henry Waxman, an advocate for pollution controls, won the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, ousting auto-industry ally John Dingell of Michigan.

GM, Ford, Chrysler Leave Empty-Handed as Congress Fails to Agree on Rescue U.S. lawmakers deadlocked on a plan to bail out the Big Three automakers, leaving General Motors Corp. facing the prospect it could run out of cash before a new Congress can come to the rescue next year.

Lobbyist-Bashing by Obama Fails to Dim Industry's Forecast for Boom Times Lobbyists Heather and Tony Podesta took over a Denver restaurant during the Democratic National Convention in August to host a party for lawmakers and other power brokers. Their guests wore Barack Obama buttons. The Podestas were wearing a label of their own: a scarlet ``L.''

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