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October 14, 2008 Lawmakers expand probe to Bayer aspirin adverts

...Drug Administration's request not to advertise such products, said House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell. Advertising the product to consumers "may mislead the public," Dingell wrote along with Oversight and Investigations S

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Source: Reuters


October 14, 2008 Global Warming Debate Heats Up Again

...change is making its way back into the news and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Rep. Rick Boucher managed to do something that other global warming proposals have not: They’ve actually upset the environmental groups that

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Source: The Heritage Foundation


October 14, 2008 Car-Finance Firms Want Access to Fed’s Commercial Paper Program

...included in the plan. Last month, House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.), responding to a question from Rep. John Dingell (D., Mich.) said he would support action from the Federal Reserve to help the auto-finance industry in unusual

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Source: Wall Street Journal


October 13, 2008 Engler urges White House to quickly approve auto loans

...Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, want to double the amount of loans to $50 billion over three years. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he would work to get the additional $25 bill

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Source: Detroit News Online


October 13, 2008 Efforts on global warming chilled by economic woes

...Boucher, who released a first draft of a bill this past week with the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. Giving away right-to-pollute permits was one of the options. Other Democrats, however, see a cap-and-tr

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Source: Bradenton Herald


October 12, 2008 Efforts on global warming chilled by economic woes

...who released a first draft of a bill this past week with the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. Giving away right-to-pollute permits was one of the options. Other Democrats, however, see a cap-and-trade bill

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Source: Washington Times


October 11, 2008 US Rep. Dingell to undergo knee replacement surgery

WASHINGTON -- US Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, announced today he will have a total knee replacement on Tuesday. "My knee got me through two years of ...

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Source: DetNews.com, MI


October 10, 2008 Will Washington Auto Loans Stall Out?

Meanwhile, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), who has been fighting to bring the money to Detroit since last December, is now battling the Department of Energy, ...

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Source: Forbes, NY


October 10, 2008 Battered GM, Ford Call For Quick Issuing Of Government Loans

Auto makers are pushing for the administration to start issuing the loans as early as January, and their allies in Congress, including Rep. John Dingell and ...

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Source: CNNMoney.com


October 10, 2008 THE ECONOMY: Struggles remind Dingell of Great Depression

US Rep. John Dingell (D-15th District) remembers the aftermath well, however. Dingell, now 82, was just 3 in 1929, but he has spent time studying the causes ...

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Source: Southgate News Herald, MI


October 10, 2008 U.S. Rep. Dingell to undergo knee replacement surgery

...-- U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, announced today he will have a total knee replacement on Tuesday. "My knee got me through two years of service in the United States Army, over mountains and trails as a ranger and sportsman, and countless miles th

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Source: Detroit News Online


October 10, 2008 Prepare for assaults on Hawaii conferences

...Hawaii should prepare for similar criticism that threatens to isolate Hawaii as a tourist destination and nothing more. Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, told Newsweek magazine in August that retired Navy Adm. Ja

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Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin


October 09, 2008 S&Ls, Big Banks and Other Triumphs of Capitalism

Fifty-seven years ago, Representative John Dingell, father of the present Michigan Representative, said, "Developments in the field of American banking ...

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Source: The Nation., NY


October 09, 2008 House Panel To Deliver Report On FCC Chairman

... Committee staff members wrote in an April 28, 2008 memo to Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Stupak. ...

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Source: FMQB, NJ


October 09, 2008 • Toyota celebrates its grand opening in York Township

Jennifer Granholm, US Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, and several high-ranking Toyota officials were on hand to cut the ribbon inside the building where ...

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Source: MLive.com, MI


October 09, 2008 John Dingell: Hypocritical robber baron

by Trevor Bothwell, Politics Examiner The Washington Times reports that Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Commerce and Energy Committee, ...

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Source: Examiner.com


October 09, 2008 Toyota tech center officially opens

... Toyota has been doing research in Southeast Michigan for more than 30 years. "We are proud of what you do," U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, said at the event. "We are happy to be partners in your success." Nolan Finley: Tuesday night's president

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Source: Detroit News Online


October 09, 2008 House Panel To Deliver Report On FCC Chairman

...blame appears to rest with Chairman Martin," Commerce and Energy Committee staff members wrote in an April 28, 2008 memo to Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Stupak. An FCC spokesman told TV Week that

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Source: Friday Morning Quarterback


October 09, 2008 New Climage Change Bill Unveiled in House

...the Union of Concerned Scientists and other groups released a statement:  “While we look forward to fully reviewing the Dingell-Boucher draft bill, we are disappointed that it does not aim to reduce emissions from current levels for nearly 10 years -

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Source: Sustainable Business


October 08, 2008 Obama names energy as top priority

In a letter explaining the 461-page draft, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and energy and air quality subcommittee Chairman Rick ...

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Source: Business Green, UK


October 08, 2008 DEMOCRACY 2008: 15th District Incumbent

(WXYZ) - Congressman John Dingell represents Michigan’s 15th Congressional District and is the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, ...

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Source: WXYZ, MI


October 08, 2008 U.S. House Democrats unveil draft climate change bill

...been settled: regulation of greenhouse gases in the United States is coming," wrote House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Dearborn, and energy and air quality subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va. in a letter explaining the 46

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Source: Lansing State Journal


October 07, 2008 Martin Fears Coupon Program Lacks Funds

...TV signals are shut off. Martin expressed his concerns in undated letters to House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee chairman Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.). An FCC spokeswom

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Source: Multichannel News


October 07, 2008 House Democrats unveil draft climate change bill

...regulation of greenhouse gases in the United States is coming," wrote House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., and energy and air quality subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va. in a letter explaining the 461-page draft, whi

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Source: Bradenton Herald


October 07, 2008 House Panel Ratchets Up Scrutiny of FCC’s Martin

...are acting on either before approval or swiftly after approval. In December House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., in announcing the probe, said the inquiry was intended to determine whether the FCC processes “are fair, o

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Source: TV Week


October 07, 2008 Democrats Unveil Climate-Change Proposal

...is expected to heat up next year when a new U.S. president takes office. The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Rep. Rick Boucher, released a proposal that calls for dramatic emissions reductions by 2050. Among the biggest dif

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Source: Wall Street Journal


October 07, 2008 Mistake with the Detroit Three

Chief enabler John Dingell, a Democratic representative from suburban Detroit, says "we will be starting on the second $25 billion."

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Source: Rome Sentinel, NY


October 07, 2008 Martin Fears Coupon Program Lacks Funds

... Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee chairman Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass. ...

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Source: Multichannel News, NY


October 07, 2008 House Democrats Unveil Climate-Change Proposal

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Rep. Rick Boucher, released a proposal that calls for dramatic emissions reductions by ...

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Source: Wall Street Journal


October 07, 2008 Springsteen rallies for Obama in Ypsilanti

Then the political pitches began; Debbie Dingell spoke, then her husband, US Rep. John Dingell. "You need to take your roommates ... you need to take your ...

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Source: DetNews.com, MI


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