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By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe House's new Republican leadership will begin doling out coveted committee chairs after the Thanksgiving break, and it's unclear whether Rep. John Shimkus is helping his chances to lead the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee by arguing that climate change is a myth because God told Noah he would never again destroy the Earth by flood. Shimkus, an Illinois Republican, who won his seventh term this month, earned a dubious bit of YouTube notoriety in March 2009 when he told a subcommittee hearing on energy and the environment that we needn't worry about global warming because of Genesis ...
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By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe third and last House committee considering health reform was entering the endgame, or so its members hoped, and chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) opened by sharing some advice he gave a congressman before Thursday's work session. "I told him not to make any appointments before 1 a.m. Friday morning," Waxman said. ...
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