Back when the House Commerce Committee had its first hearing on the BP Disaster, Henry Waxman revealed some inconsistencies about the negative pressure test BP did on the well before it moved to close off the well. The next bullet says: “After 16.5 hours waiting on cement, a test was performed on the wellbore below [...]

The House Commerce Committee is holding the third hearing into what went wrong on the BP Deepwater Horizon rig (CSPAN is showing it on CSPAN3). As is typical for a Waxman/Stupak hearing, the Committee has done its homework, advancing the understanding of what went wrong. Henry Waxman’s opening statement reveals that the well failed a [...]

John Dingell says he is going to try to persuade Stupak to drop his efforts to sink healthcare with his anti-choice efforts. The Congress is a place where we represent our people and where we serve our conscience. I strongly disagree with Bart, I think he’s wrong. But he was my friend. He is my [...]

My takeaway of the first of two hearings on Toyota’s unintended acceleration problem (the other will be at 11:00 today) is that Toyota has locked away the answers in Japan. By design. Recalls A key to understanding how this worked is how recalls were decided. In response to a question from John Dingell, Toyota US [...]

In an article lacking some pretty important follow-up questions, Jodi Kantor tucks in this judgment, from C Street member Bart Stupak. He is trying to pass the health care overhaul, he insists, not sabotage it, and predicts that the legislation will ultimately collapse for reasons apart from abortion. But he will be blamed anyway, he [...]

Now that John Ensign has moved out of C Street, I propose a reality show to decide which moralizing hypocrite is best suited to replace him.

As you reflect on the horrible vote that traded reproductive choice for health care, remember that the champion of that vote is one of C Street’s top Democratic members.

Waxman keeps collecting information.

Congressman Dingell notes that the government continues to gag Ma Bell. Why should we give her immunity so long as Dick Cheney won’t let her talk.