Rep. Henry Waxman

Democrat  •  30th District, California  •  18th Term  •  Sworn In 1975
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
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10/26/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who supports abortion rights, is unwilling to accept the Stupak amendment. Meanwhile, Rep. ...

Source: The Hill
10/26/09
Boxer's Climate Proposal Mirrors House On Allocations, EPA Cost Projections

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the legislation's lead sponsors, had initially proposed the tougher emissions target but backed down after ...

Source: American Iron and Steel Institute
10/26/09
Pro-Life News: Abortion, Health Care, Michelle Obama,Texas, South Dakota ...

Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser told LifeNews.com that Rep. Henry Waxman, who has pledged to keep abortion funding out, ...

Source: LifeNews.com
10/26/09
BCS opponents see goal getting closer

One of those is Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who led congressional hearings into the baseball steroids scandal. Several bills filed to scrap the BCS in ...

Source: San Antonio Express
10/26/09
Industry group's ads target Graham over cap-and-trade

Graham said he opposes the House bill crafted by Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. ...

Source: Belleville News Democrat
10/26/09
Former congressman Tom Davis says ex-Yankee Roger Clemens was in denial during ...

The seven-term Virgina representative was the ranking Republican three years later (the Democrats, led by Henry Waxman of California, were in charge), ...

Source: New York Daily News
10/25/09
Health care plan isn't what the doctor ordered

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman Henry Waxman plan to enact a $544 billion tax on the so-called “rich” to offset the massive cost of their new program. ...

Source: Enid News & Eagle
10/25/09
Opponents of college bowl system say they have momentum

One of those is Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who led congressional hearings into the baseball steroids scandal. Several bills filed to scrap the BCS in ...

Source: San Antonio Express
10/24/09
Abortion language splits Dems

...health insurance could not use that money for abortions. * Negotiations to find common ground have not yielded fruit. * Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the abortion language was approved said, "We

10/24/09
Abortion trips up health reform effort

...to find common ground have not yielded fruit. "We have a difference of opinion at the moment we cannot bridge," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the abortion language was approved. "We have don

10/23/09
Lobbyists figure heavily in biogenerics debate

Powerful congressman Henry Waxman had proposed a bill that provides a five-year window of market exclusivity for biologics. But in a 16-7 vote, ...

Source: FierceBiotech
10/23/09
'Cap-and-tax' would have severe impact on Wisconsin

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) sponsored the House bill. It is no coincidence that they are also a California-Massachusetts duo. ...

Source: Milwaukee Small Business Times
10/23/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Because of an amendment that pro-abortion Rep.s Henry Waxman and Lois Capps pushed through the House Energy and Commerce Committee in July, the House bill ...

Source: Lifesite
10/23/09
Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate

...to find common ground have not yielded fruit. "We have a difference of opinion at the moment we cannot bridge," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the abortion language was approved. "We have don

10/23/09
Pro-life Rep. Bart Stupak claims enough votes to stop health care bill over abortion

...measure that needs to pass before debate can begin. Stupak says he thinks he can gather about 220 "no" votes. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, claimed that everything possible has been done to ensure abortion s

10/23/09
Markey traveling to Copenhagen for climate meetings

...attend meeting this weekend in Copenhagen ahead of a December U.N. conference on climate change. Markey, along with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) drafted the legislation, which would put in place the first carbon regulations on the American economy. The

Source: The Hill
10/23/09
Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate

...to find common ground have not yielded fruit. "We have a difference of opinion at the moment we cannot bridge," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the abortion language was approved. "We have don

10/23/09
Dem Leaders Plan to Block Vote on Pro-Life Health Amendment, Fearing It Otherwise "Certain ...

...votes on a procedural measure that needs to pass before debate can begin.  Because of an amendment that pro-abortion Rep.s Henry Waxman and Lois Capps pushed through the House Energy and Commerce Committee in July, the House bill explicitly opens the

Source: LifeSite.net
10/23/09
Consumer Watchdog to repeal a rule on notifying consumers when there is a breach of medical records

...ARRA only to have the lobbyists return to exert their influence on the rule making process?" Consumer Watchdog noted that Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Rep. John Dingell, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., Rep. Pete Fortney Stark and Rep. Joe Barton h

10/23/09
Report: U.S. deserves refund on embassy building in Baghdad

...Charles Williams, who ran State's embassy building operation, retired from that job in December 2007, amid criticism from Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and other members of Congress about the Baghdad embassy. The State Department's inspector general duri

Source: USA Today
10/23/09
Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate

...to find common ground have not yielded fruit. "We have a difference of opinion at the moment we cannot bridge," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the abortion language was approved. "We have don

10/23/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA). This analysis shows that these two measures operating together can generate roughly $150 billion per year ...

Source: Center For American Progress
10/23/09
RE: Henry Waxman

... top pro-abortion Democrats who chairs one of the committees that approved a version of the bill, Rep. Henry Waxman -- who also said there is a hangup. ...

Source: LifeNews.com
10/23/09
mcmahon Votes for Affordable, Quality Care for Americans Living with HIV and AIDS

On September 4, 2009, Rep. McMahon joined with 68 other members of the House in calling for a three year extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release)
10/22/09
RE: Henry Waxman

In case you missed it, I explained that Henry Waxman and I had been friends beginning almost 50 years ago at UCLA. I also said that we had seen each other ...

Source: WND.com
10/22/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Listener Takeout: Listeners respond to our interview with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) about health care reform and the public option.

Source: The Takeaway
10/22/09
RE: Henry Waxman

... retired from that job in December 2007, amid criticism from Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and other members of Congress about the Baghdad embassy. ...

Source: USA Today
10/22/09
RE: Henry Waxman

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee, said, "As President Obama has noted, with barriers to entry that are low and equal ...

Source: The Hill
10/22/09
How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way on Health Care - TIME

So it isn't often that you see one get rolled by his own committee — especially when the chairman in question is the formidable and canny Henry Waxman and ...

Source: TIME
10/22/09
Study: Impact of bioenergy crops on climate change underestimated

...realized they needed to make a change before passage of the climate bill authored by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), but ran out of time. In a June 24 letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (

Source: EcoEarth News

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