Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]

Towns Next In Line At Oversight

2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

...his quest for the chairmanship, Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) has won the support of at least three subcommittee chairmen on the Oversight and Government Reform committee, his office announced today. Towns, who's served on the Oversight committee since c

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Detroit Automakers Lose Staunch Ally as Waxman Ousts Dingell on Key Committee

2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

...urging a vote for Waxman, according to a participant in the meeting. Cummings, 57, is considering challenging 74-year-old Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) to replace Waxman as the oversight committee chairman. Dingell's support came mostly from the "Old Bul

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Inside the Dingell/Waxman contest

2008-11-20T00:00:00Z

...chairmanship - with some more aggressive members wanting to challenge the next ranking member - Rep. Edolphus Towns of Brooklyn. PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments

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Towns the favorite for Oversight, but decision delayed

2008-11-20T00:00:00Z

...handle the Republican side of the committee, which is to be headed next year by the fiery Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.). Rep. Edolphus Towns (N.Y.), the most senior Democrat left on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is emerging as the fa

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Waxman leaves oversight panel for energy committee

2008-11-20T00:00:00Z

...not immediately clear who will lead the oversight committee in the next Congress that begins in January. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) would be next in line in terms of committee seniority. Towns currently is chairman of the House Government Management,

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Waxman gets edge over Dingell for Energy panel chairmanship

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...and corporate CEOs. The maneuvering for that post broke open Wednesday between senior committee members: Reps. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). Towns, the most senior Democrat on Oversight after Waxman, told

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Maloney backs Towns for Oversight post

2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

...Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.), a leading Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform panel, on Wednesday backed Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) to lead the committee if Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) gives up the gavel. Towns on Wednesday publicly ack

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Head of Black Farmersâ€™ Group Is Potential Pick for Agriculture ...

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

â€œIâ€™m counting on the Obama administration to start solving the civil rights problems at USDA,â€ said caucus member Edolphus Towns , DN. ...

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Dingell wins support of key black lawmakers

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas); Rep. Edolphus Towns (DN.Y.), a senior member of both Energy and Commerce and Waxmanâ€™s Oversight and Government Reform ...

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Congress to Billionaires: Where Did We Go Wrong?

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

"What it is that you knew that allowed you to be so far ahead of everyone else?" asked a genuinely curious Rep. Edolphus Towns, DN.Y., of the witnesses, ...

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Congress to Billionaires: Where Did We Go Wrong?

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

...Market". "What it is that you knew that allowed you to be so far ahead of everyone else?" asked a genuinely curious Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., of the witnesses, some of whose multi-billion-dollar funds had largely escaped the worst of the economic cr

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Dingell wins support of key black lawmakers

2008-11-13T00:00:00Z

...They are Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), an Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman; Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas); Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), a senior member of both Energy and Commerce and Waxman’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Re

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Issa Gains Momentum

2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Edolphus Towns of New York is second in seniority to Waxman, but he hasn't come out publicly to say he wants the chairmanship, which probably makes sense ...

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Dingell lacks home state support in chairmanship battle

2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

Among those is Rep. Edolphus Towns (DN.Y.), who is also the senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee after Waxman. ...

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Dingell Names Whip Team

2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

...O. Tauscher (CA-10), Chair of the New Democrat Coalition and member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructur Edolphus Towns (NY-10), Member of the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and Commerce, and Congressional Black

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Dingell lacks home state support in chairmanship battle

2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

...go public. Dingell’s list includes 13 of the 31 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Among those is Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), who is also the senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee after Waxman. It also

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Is a Right-to-Repair Law Needed? Even Mechanics Canâ€™t Agree

2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

The most recent bill was introduced in 2007 by Representative Edolphus Towns, a Democrat of New York, who declined several requests to be interviewed for ...

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Towns Not Weighing In Yet On Waxman-Dingell

2008-11-06T00:00:00Z

his departure from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee would make Rep. Edolphus Towns (DN.Y.) the senior-ranking member. ...

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California Republican seeks ranking Government Reform post

2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

... if he leaves the Oversight and Government Reform Committee would be the panel's senior member, Rep. Edolphus Towns, DN.Y. Other contenders include Reps. ...

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Waxman to vie for energy panel leadership

2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

If Waxman wins the post, Rep. Edolphus Towns, DN.Y. -- a member of the Congressional Black Caucus -- would become the senior member of the Oversight and ...

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