December 5, 2008
Researchers' Nemesis Loses Chairmanship
Rep. John Dingell, the legendary Michigan Democrat whose efforts to expose scientific misconduct and improper charges for overhead costs at universities two decades ago earned him both respect and resentment, has been unseated as chairman of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Henry Waxman, Democrat of California and a senior member of the committee, ousted Mr. Dingell on a secret ballot by House Democrats. As chairman of the House Oversight
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