Since assuming chairmanship of the committee, Representative Issa has led hearings into Tarp, the financial crisis and FDA, but to little avail.
Representative Harold Rogers of Kentucky won the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee over the current ranking member, Representative Jerry Lewis of California, and Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia.
WASHINGTON — Representative Henry A. Waxman wrested the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from Representative John D. Dingell on Thursday in a coup that is expected to accelerate passage of energy, climate and health legislation backed by President-elect Barack Obama. President-elect Barack Obama
A "Higher Council for Children" was also set up to group under the chairmanship of the Minister of Social Affairs, representatives of the Ministries and national NGOs concerned with the welfare of children.
While many of the House chairmanships for the 112th Congress were foregone conclusions, the choice of Representative Fred Upton of Michigan to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee over Representative Joe L. Barton of Texas was a bit of a nail-biter.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't immediately take away Representative Charles Rangel's chairmanship of the tax-writing committee after allegations of misuse of campaign donations and tax evasion that eventually led to his censure.
Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan, the at-times-irascible Democratic chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is trying to stave off a challenge to his chairmanship from Representative Henry A. Waxman, the anything-but-mellow California Democrat.
Simultaneously, the speaker of the House, John A. Boehner of Ohio, made sure the chairmanship of the immigration subcommittee was denied to Representative Steve King, the virulently anti-immigration congressman from Iowa who, in calling for an electric fence to be erected on the border, likened illegal immigrants to "livestock".
From the House, the three Republican contenders for chairmanship of the Committee on Education and the Workforce -- Representatives Tom Petri of Wisconsin, John A. Boehner of Ohio and Peter Hoekstra of Michigan -- will attend.
Scientific research could also come up as Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) assumes chairmanship of the House Government Reform Committee.
