Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]

FCC considers licensing proposal for unused TV channels

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission has spent nearly a year testing devices de signed to use empty television channels, known as white spaces, for high-speed Internet service. As those tests near conclusion, the agency is evaluating yet

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Democrats Rally for Health Care Reform

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Service Employees International Union and health care advocacy group Families USA ramped up their lobbying efforts to get health care reform passed in the next administrations first 100 days at a forum held in Denver on Wednesday that included such

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K Street Files: Going Fishin'

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

The décor looked like something straight out of the redneck wing of the Republican Party. Instead, the camouflage posters and videos of snapping trout and big game being stalked by hunters was right smack in the middle of the Democratic National

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Dems: Health care a 100-day priority

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

DENVER - Universal access to affordable health care should be a priority within an Obama administration's first 100 days, activists and health-care providers said Wednesday during a national forum on health-care reform. With 47 million uninsured

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Clinton, Other Leading Democrats Say Action on Health Care Is Urgent

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

Key Democrats, including Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), today cited health care as the No. 1 issue facing Americans. In an event in Denver sponsored by Families USA, a liberal health care advocacy group, and the Service Employees International

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Dean: Obama will change message for general election

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

“The message is different but not the mechanism,” the former governor and head of the Democratic National Committee said when asked by The Hill if he disagrees with some senior Democrats like Rep. John Dingell of Michigan who say Obama needs to

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appeared in court late last week.

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

(CNN) — Michigan's governor will hold a hearing next week to determine if scandal-plagued Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can be removed from office. In a court order dated August 25, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm stated that the hearing will be held

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Dingell: ‘I feel like I’m coming home’

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

One would think that the panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains that Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) can see from his Denver hotel room this week resembles a foreign landscape for someone who has represented the gritty western industrial suburbs of

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Mich. delegates stand (fairly) united

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

DENVER -- Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's Michigan contingents are on a mission to come together during the Democratic National Convention this week -- but they're not there yet. Party leaders, including U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, U.S. Rep. John

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Senior Dems concerned over McCain gains

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

DENVER — Senior Democratic politicians are signaling concern about Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) slip in the polls and are urging him to regain his edge against GOP rival Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving House

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Dems worry about Obama's slip in polls

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Some senior Democratic Party officials are expressing concern over presumptive U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama's recent slip in some polls.

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Michigan Democrats hail Biden nod

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Michigan Democrats applauded, while Republicans jeered, news Saturday that Delaware Sen. Joe Biden had been selected as the vice presidential running mate for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. State Democrats heading for the party's national convention in

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Arriving Michigan Delegates to Democratic Party National ...

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jennifer Granholm (D) and Debbie Dingell, wife of venerable US Representative John Dingell (D-Dearborn), all active promoters of Hillary Clinton; ...

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Michigan Democrats hail Biden nod

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Party activist Debbie Dingell, wife of US Rep. John Dingell of Dearborn, noted the key role Biden played in helping Chrysler Corp. escape bankruptcy in the ...

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County Democratic chairman in Denver

2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

... the women's caucus gatherings and a luncheon Wednesday hosted by US Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver. ...

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Mich. Man to Share Denver Stage With Obama

2008-08-23T00:00:00Z

LANSING, Mich. -- Roy Gross doesn't know exactly what he's going to say next Thursday when he takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention. But the former truck driver from Taylor knows his comments will focus on the woes of the middle class.

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Obama pick draws praise, criticism

2008-08-23T00:00:00Z

Party activist Debbie Dingell, wife of congressman John Dingell, of Dearborn, said Biden is a â€œgreat selection, somebody who understands Michigan and ...

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Speculators Control 81% of Key Oil Market--8/22/2008 12:00:00 AM

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

Financial firms speculating for their clients or themselves now account for about 81 percent of the oil contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Thats a far larger share than had previously been estimated by the Commodity Futures Trading

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Oil trader under scrutiny

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission made an unusual request last month for data from Vitol Group, a private Swiss energy company that regulators thought was helping industrial firms get the oil they needed, according to the Washington Post. The

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US Automakers Are Seeking $25 Billion in Federal Loans

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

The Big 3 Detroit-based automakers are seeking about $25 billion in federal loans as they struggle to ride out a steep downturn in U.S. auto sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Lobbyists for the U.S. automakers—General Motors, Ford Motor

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