vcczar Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Rep. Dingell (MI-D) served longer than any other US Rep in history. He used to be a moderate on both abortion and Civil Rights in the 1960s and before. On the latter, he supported Civil Rights, but objected to forced busing to desegregate schools. His actions: Dingell Jr, John 1965 Major role in getting Medicare passed Dingell Jr, John 1972 Major role in Clean Water Act Dingell Jr, John 1973 Major role in Endangered Species Act Dingell Jr, John 1981 Influential House Commerce Committee Chair. Served 14 years during Reaganomics and early Clinton Dingell Jr, John 1990 Major role in Clean Air Act Dingell Jr, John 1999 A lead voice opposing Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, removing Glass-Steagall Dingell Jr, John 2006 Argues Bush violated the Constitution by signing the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Dingell Jr, John 2007 Influential House Commerce Committee Chair. Served early Great Recession (served 14 years previously; for 16 years total) Dingell Jr, John 2010 Major role in Obamacare Dingell Jr, John 2015 Retires from the US House after almost 50 years (the record) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 14 minutes ago, vcczar said: Rep. Dingell (MI-D) served longer than any other US Rep in history. He used to be a moderate on both abortion and Civil Rights in the 1960s and before. On the latter, he supported Civil Rights, but objected to forced busing to desegregate schools. His actions: Dingell Jr, John 1965 Major role in getting Medicare passed Dingell Jr, John 1972 Major role in Clean Water Act Dingell Jr, John 1973 Major role in Endangered Species Act Dingell Jr, John 1981 Influential House Commerce Committee Chair. Served 14 years during Reaganomics and early Clinton Dingell Jr, John 1990 Major role in Clean Air Act Dingell Jr, John 1999 A lead voice opposing Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, removing Glass-Steagall Dingell Jr, John 2006 Argues Bush violated the Constitution by signing the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Dingell Jr, John 2007 Influential House Commerce Committee Chair. Served early Great Recession (served 14 years previously; for 16 years total) Dingell Jr, John 2010 Major role in Obamacare Dingell Jr, John 2015 Retires from the US House after almost 50 years (the record) Reminds me of this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 1 minute ago, Pringles said: Reminds me of this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician) In what way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 7 minutes ago, vcczar said: In what way? Shaping up to be one of the longest, which he is already, members of Congress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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