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chairman stories: 14 news summaries

(Newser) - RNC Chairman Michael Steele continued his simultaneous defense of and onslaught on Medicare today, writes Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo. Dems are “proposing up to $550 billion in cuts or shifting of funds out of Medicare, and I don't know what that means,” Steele said on Fox... More »

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veterans • Medicare • health care reform • Obama administration • chairman • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

(Newser) - Bank of America shareholders gave Ken Lewis a demotion today. Lewis will remain the bank's president and CEO, but he will lose his position as board chairman, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders—angry about the bank's plummeting fortunes of late—voted to split the chairman and CEO duties. Walter... More »

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Bank of America • CEO • banking industry • chairman • Ken Lewis

(Newser) - Things aren’t going well for Michael Steele in the media, but behind the scenes he’s undertaken a sweeping restructuring of the Republican National Committee, Marc Ambinder writes in the Atlantic. “He’s become clownish. And that judgment could endure until the end of his tenure,” Ambinder... More »

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RNC • GOP • Republican Party • restructuring • gaffe • chairman • Michael Steele

(Newser) - Ada Fisher, an outspoken critic of Michael Steele who supported his opponent in elections for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, wants him to step aside, the Hill reports. The “ineptness in our GOP leadership,” she writes in an intraparty email, is “eroding confidence.” Fisher, North Carolina’... More »

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RNC • email • GOP • chairman • Michael Steele • Ada Fisher

 Duke: RNC's Steele 
 a 'Black Racist' 

Former KKK member rails against GOP body's first black chairman

Feb 2, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Former Louisiana lawmaker David Duke is slamming the Republican National Committee for choosing Michael Steele as its chairman, Bayou Buzz reports. Duke called Steele a “radical Black racist” and a “servile dog of Israel,” and suggested that the Republican base would not suffer Steele’s leadership. Duke... More »

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RNC • Ku Klux Klan • racism • racist • chairman • Lousisiana • Michael Steele • David Duke

Qaddafi Named Chairman of African Union

Libyan leader vows to pursue plan for 'United States of Africa'

Feb 2, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Muammar Qaddafi vowed to pursue his dream of creating a united, pan-African government after being named chairman of the African Union today, Reuters reports. Elected by African heads of state for a 1-year term, the Libyan leader said the organization must consider his proposal for a “United States of... More »

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Africa • Libya • South Africa • African Union • Moammar Gadhafi • chairman

 Schapiro Pledges to 
 'Reinvigorate' SEC 

Obama nominee wants better cooperation among agencies in nabbing next Madoff

Jan 15, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, told senators today she would make enforcement a top priority, CNN reports. Her confirmation hearing was also peppered with questions about how Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme slipped past regulators; Schapiro currently heads an industry watchdog group.... More »

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Barack Obama • SEC • Senate confirmation hearings • Ponzi scheme • chairman • President Obama • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro

ANALYSIS

GOP Hopeful Belonged to Whites-Only Country Club

Katon Dawson, candidate for RNC chair, resigned from SC club this summer

Nov 25, 08 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee belonged for more than a decade to a whites-only country club, Greg Sargent notes on Talking Points Memo. Katon Dawson, chairman of South Carolina’s Republican Party, resigned from the club in September as he was preparing to run... More »

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Barack Obama • RNC • South Carolina • GOP • racism • segregation • chairman • Katon Dawson • Republican Party Chairman

 Who Will Carry 
 the GOP Flag? 

The candidates with hats in or near the ring

Nov 25, 08 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - No one has emerged as a clear-cut favorite to chair the Republican National Committee, writes Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post, but plenty of politicians are interested. Here’s a rundown on who has a hat in—or near—the ring:
  • Mike Duncan: Many dismiss the current
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RNC • list • Mike Duncan • chairman • Michael Steele

ANALYSIS

 Waxman's Coup 
 Promises New Agenda 

Committee likely to get more aggressive on environment; Dingell's old allies displaced

Nov 21, 08 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Henry Waxman ascension to the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee could pit him against both Republicans and fellow Democrats, Politico reports. Moderate former chair John Dingell, ousted by the liberal Waxman, left many subcommittee heads who could clash with their new boss. And the GOP is up... More »

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Congress • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • House Energy and Commerce Committee • John Dingell • chairman • subcommittee

 For Dems, 
 Dingell 
 Showdown 
 Is Agony 

Representatives dread choice between veteran lawmakers to chair key committee

Nov 20, 08 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats have been dreading this day: the unavoidable vote between Henry Waxman and John Dingell to chair the Energy and Commerce Committee. Though Waxman is a savvy lawmaker and closer to much of the caucus on the key issue of climate change, the 82-year-old Dingell, Detroit's staunchest congressional booster,... More »

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Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • John Dingell • chairman

 Lieberman Keeps 
 Chairmanship 

Will lose some meaningless subcommittee job instead

Nov 18, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Democrats voted 42-13 today to let Joe Lieberman keep his perch atop the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hoping to prevent the Connecticut Independent from becoming a full-fledged Republican, the Hill reports, The former Dem, who actively supported John McCain's presidential bid, will instead lose his chairmanship of... More »

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Senate Democrats • Democratic caucus • Joe Lieberman • chairman • Homeland Security

 Lieberman Should 
 Be Punished: Leahy 

Dem wants McCain-backing independent stripped of committee chairmanship

Nov 14, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Patrick Leahy thinks fellow Sen. Joe Lieberman, after campaigning for John McCain, should no longer occupy the chair of key committees, the Democrat told Vermont Public Radio today. The Connecticut independent currently caucuses with the Democrats, and chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees, the Hill notes. Lieberman went... More »

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Senate • Democratic caucus • Vermont • Joe Lieberman • Patrick Leahy • Election 2008 • Senate committees • chairman

Rangel Won't Step Down
From Tax Panel

Says Pelosi in favor of him staying as chair
of Ways and Means

Sep 16, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Rep. Charles Rangel will remain in his post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee while an ethics investigation takes place, the New York Times reports. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports the move, said his attorney, and Rangel "believes that the facts should prevail,... More »

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ethics • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • chairman

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