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Dingell Buried

Henry Waxman's victory is the biggest gift Obama could have asked for.

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But signs suggest House Democrats are ready to be led; more than half of them voted for him. And unlike Dingell in the 1980s, Waxman will have the backing of an ambitious administration. So maybe it won't be just his fingers doing the snapping.

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Christopher Beam is a writer living in Beijing.