Shimkus's rivals for the Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship include BP apologist Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), discounted by some as a real contender, and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich)., who was recently criticized for his alleged embrace of "radical environmentalism".
"I do believe that God's word is infallible, unchanging, perfect". Shimkus's rivals for the Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship include BP apologist Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), discounted by some as a real contender, and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich)., who was recently criticized for his alleged embrace of "radical environmentalism". Click here for the full Shimkus story from the Toronto Star.
Think, for example, of what health care reform might have looked like if Majority Leader Harry Reid had told Joe Lieberman the requirements for keeping his committee chairmanship included voting for cloture when asked.
His chairmanship included an appointment as Clinical Professor and shortly thereafter, in 1900, Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1925.
Other key chairmanships include Tories such as ex-ministers James Arbuthnot (defence) and Michael Jack (environment), ex-Thatcher adviser John Whittingdale (culture), Peter Luff, who gets trade and industry and Lib Dem MP Alan Beith, re-appointed at constitutional affairs.
Her charitable efforts and event chairmanships included the American Cancer Society, Women's National Republican Club, American-Swiss Association, American-Scottish Foundation, Manhattan Institute, Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies, and many others.
Other chairmanships included the Newharthill Group, the private holding company of the construction group, Sir Robert MacAlpine, from 1993, and the GEC remunerations committee.
When he and his wife, Vera, whom he married in 1932, settled in Sidcup, Kent, he became a local councillor (1937-46) and took on a series of committee chairmanships, including education and health.
But lately he'd been pruning away those chairmanships, including one with the International Rescue Committee that took him to Afghanistan in December 2000 for an on-the-floor, eat-with-your-hands dinner with a Taliban leader.
Burns, whose chairmanships have included Marks & Spencer and Abbey National, was permanent secretary to the Treasury for seven years.
Lord Burns's commitments include the chairmanship of retail giant Marks & Spencers.
