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Democratic_Leaders_060510.appHeader = "Fact File| Not the same as the old boss";
Democratic_Leaders_060510.appDeck = "If Democrats take control of the House or Senate, or both, as a result of the Nov. 7 elections, here are the new committee chairmen who’ll likely take an aggressive stance toward the Bush administration.";
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IKE SKELTON, D-MO.
Skelton is more conservative than Democratic would-be chairmen of other committees. Although he voted in 2002 to authorize war against Iraq, he says, “the war has dangerously overstretched our military” and he’s alarmed about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “Iran has used our preoccupation in Iraq to its advantage,” he said.";
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JOHN DINGELL, D-Mich.
Elected in 1955, and the longest serving member of the House, Dingell is famous for his intimidating investigations when he served as chairman before the Democrats lost their majority. The oil companies will be in his sights, but as a leading auto industry ally, he opposes more stringent fuel economy standards.";
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HENRY WAXMAN, D-Calif.
Waxman is considering probes of an array of Bush administration actions, from treatment of al Qaida detainees at the Guantanamo Naval Base to “manipulation of intelligence that has gotten us into Iraq.”";
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JANE HARMAN, D-Calif.
The California Democrat wants to enact a law to require that the National Security Agency surveillance program be governed by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Her bill would require the Bush administration to conduct the program using individualized search warrants based on probable cause.";
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JOHN CONYERS, D-Mich.
The veteran of the 1974 Nixon impeachment effort wants the House to create a special committee to investigate “manipulation” of pre-Iraq war intelligence to seek evidence which “may constitute grounds for possible impeachment” of President Bush. But House Democratic Leader Pelosi told Meet the Press on May 7, “Democrats are not about impeachment.”";
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CARL LEVIN, D-Mich.
The senior Democrat, who voted against the Iraq war resolution, has long been critical of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s handling of the war. “We all want to succeed in Iraq, regardless of what positions that we took going in,” he has said. He says the Bush administration “should be telling the Iraqi leaders our continued presence is dependent upon their doing what only they can do – reach an agreement on a government of national unity.”";
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MAX BAUCUS, D-Mont.
The Montana senator voted for the tax cuts supported by President Bush in 2001, 2003 and 2004. On economic issues, the non-partisan National Journal ranks him as a 54, which means he’s more liberal than 54 percent of his Senate colleagues, but that still makes him among the more conservative Democrats. He’d largely decide the shape and the fate of any new tax increases.";
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JAY ROCKEFELLER, D-W.V.
As chairman of the committee overseeing the National Security Agency surveillance program on al Qaida contacts inside the United States, Rockefeller will be in a pivotal position to determine whether new legislation is needed to authorize the spying.";
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PATRICK LEAHY, D-VT.
Leahy has accused “this obsessively secretive administration” of “running roughshod over the Constitution” and assailed the National Security Agency surveillance program as “secret wiretapping of ordinary Americans.” Leahy has voiced support for the committee summoning former administration officials such ex-attorney general John Ashcroft to testify about the NSA. Any Supreme Court vacancy would make him a central figure in deciding whether President Bush gets to further shape the court.";
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