Tag: Henry Waxman

House Democrats insisted Friday that the new Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating carbon emissions won't have the same fallout for the party that Obamacare had. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

House Dems insist new EPA climate rule isn’t Obamacare

Ashe Schow · May 31, 2014 1:11 pm

A sales associate demonstrates the use of a electronic cigarette and the smoke like vapor that comes from it in Aurora, Colo. on March 2, 2011.ÃÂ The electronic cigarette industry is booming, with sales doubling annually since 2008 and revenue expected to reach at least $1.5 billion this year.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Lawmakers say e-cigarette makers target kids

Sean Lengell · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.:ÃÂ "I've been very careful in saying very precisely that Congress is not going to act at the present time. But the present time can be changed, even with some of the present members when the public pressure grows." (AP)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats rev up climate initiative

Zack Colman · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Attorney Sandra Fluke speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images File)

Beltway Confidential

Did Sandra Fluke make a deal with California Democrats to run for state Senate instead of Congress?

Ashe Schow · February 5, 2014 5:00 am

Sandra Fluke, attorney and women's rights activist, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Are you ready for Rep. Sandra Fluke?

Charles Hoskinson · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Henry Waxman, left, and George Miller, both Democratic congressmen from California elected in 1974, are set to retire. (Getty Images File)

The Democratic class of 1974 passes from the scene

Michael Barone · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

Farewell to Henry Waxman, maker of bad laws

Farewell to Henry Waxman, maker of bad laws

Timothy P. Carney · February 1, 2014 5:00 am

Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California stands beside a wall full of his legislative accomplishments in his Capitol Hill office after announcing his retirement, in Washington on Thursday. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Retirement of Rep. Henry Waxman leaves climate void

Zack Colman · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. fields a flurry of phone calls in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, after he announced that he would retire after 40 years in the House of Representatives. Waxman, 74, has been a liberal force in the House, focusing on clean air issues, investigating the tobacco industry, expanding Medicaid and helping to write and enact the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

20-term Dem Waxman to retire; Sandra Fluke may run

Washington Examiner · January 31, 2014 2:02 am