Dingell, J

---https://boingboing.net/2018/12/05/public-election-funding-no-sen.htmlFrom 1955 to 2015, John D. Dingell served in the US House of Representatives, making him the longest-serving Congressman in the country's history: now, in the Atlantic, he warns that at the 2016 election "put the future of our country in mortal peril," and he proposes four measures to bring it back from the brink.1. Automatically register every US citizen to vote on their 18th birthday; allow voting with "no photo ID, no residency tests, no impediments of any kind."2. Eliminate all campaign contributions, without exception. Publicly fund elections.3. Abolish the Senate or incorporate it into the House of Reps to head off the "demographic crisis" that will see 70% of Americans in just 15 states, with 30 Senators between them; the 30% of the US that lives in the depopulated 35 states will get 70 Senators. Also: abolish the Electoral College.4. Protect the independent press: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." -T. Jefferson<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; border-left: 4px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-left: 1em; margin: 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now I am an old man. My age bears with it a responsibility to share what I’ve witnessed so that future generations avoid making the same mistakes. My advice always begins with the truth, which is why would-be despots and demagogues try so hard to discredit it. They hate it like the devil hates holy water.The conduct and outcome of the 2016 presidential election have put the future of our country in mortal peril. After a lifetime spent in public service, I never believed that day would come. Yet it has. And we now find ourselves on the precipice of a great cliff. Our next step is either into the abyss or toward a higher moral ground. Since before the Civil War, we’ve been told that “Providence watches over fools, drunkards, and the United States.” Yet the good Lord also granted us free will. The direction we choose to follow is ours alone to make. We ask only that he guide our choice with his wisdom and his grace.It’s up to you, my dear friends.</blockquote><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/john-dingell-how-restore-faith-government/577222/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It. </a>[John D. Dingell/The Atlantic](via <a href="https://metafilter.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">Metafilter</a>)
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John David Dingell, Jr. has been a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_Democratic_Party" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U. S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U. S. House of Representatives</a>, representing a district in the working-class western suburbs of Detroit, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Members_of_the_U.S._Congress_from_Michigan" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from Michigan">Michigan</a> since 1955 (currently the 15th district, <a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mi15_109.gif" class="external text" title="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mi15_109.gif" rel="nofollow">map</a>). Dingell is called "the Dean of House" because he is the longest serving member.<div id="toctitle">

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Iraq_War">1.1 Iraq War</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Marriage_to_auto_industry_lobbyist">1.2.1 Marriage to auto industry lobbyist</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Contradiction_over_energy_task_force">1.2.2 Contradiction over energy task force</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#House_energy_bill">1.2.3 House energy bill</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Gas_tax">1.2.4 Gas tax</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#War_on_Christmas">1.3 War on Christmas</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Food_and_Drug_Administration_Amendments_Act_of_2007">1.3.1 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Gun_control_legislation">1.4 Gun control legislation</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#The_NICS_Improvement_Act_of_2007">1.4.1 The NICS Improvement Act of 2007</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#International_solid_waste_importation_and_management_act">1.5 International solid waste importation and management act</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Media.2C_telecommunications_and_intellectual_property">1.6 Media, telecommunications and intellectual property</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Scolding_the_Federal_Communications_Commission">1.6.1 Scolding the Federal Communications Commission</a></li></ul>

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</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Bio">2 Bio</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Background">2.1 Background</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Congressional_career">2.2 Congressional career</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#2006_elections">2.2.1 2006 elections</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Positions_and_Legislation">2.3 Positions and Legislation</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Committees_and_Affiliations">4 Committees and Affiliations</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Committees">4.1 Committees</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-23"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">4.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li></ul>

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</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#More_Background_Data">5 More Background Data</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Contact">6 Contact</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Articles_and_Resources">7 Articles and Resources</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#References">7.1 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Resources">7.2 Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">7.3 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#Articles">7.4 Articles</a></li></ul>

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<h2> Record and controversies</h2>

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Dingell voted against the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a> that started the Iraq War.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-0">[1]</a>

<div style="margin:0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding:.25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

<h3> Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h4> Marriage to auto industry lobbyist</h4>

John Dingell is married to Debbie Dingell, a lobbyist for Detroit-based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors" title="General Motors" class="mw-redirect">General Motors</a>.

When they married Debbie switched to an administrative position at GM

where her actions are overseen by a company lawyer. She stated,

"Fortunately ... GM is large enough that I could change jobs."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-1">[2]</a> Debbie Dingell is the grand-daughter of the Fisher brothers, the founders of General Motors.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-2">[3]</a>

<h4> Contradiction over energy task force</h4>

On January 31, 2007, Dingell's letter to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_leadership" title="House leadership">House Speaker</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> regarding his objections to working with colleague Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barney_Frank" title="Barney Frank">Barney Frank</a>

(D-Mass.) to create a new energy task force was made public. The letter

revealed contradictions from Dingell's earlier comments where he denied

having any knowledge that such a task force was underway.

The issue of data security, which is important to senior Democrats on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">Commerce Committee</a>

and Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-Mass.), Financial Services panel, has

prompted Dingell’s response to the creation of a new energy task force.

The idea to establish a new task force was formally introduced by Frank

in his letter to Pelosi submitted on December 11, 2006.

In early January 2007, Dingell “created a stir” when he opposed the

establishment of Frank’s idea for another energy task force. In the

weeks following, he has tried to dispel the attention by denying such

opposition when he publicly stated, “I haven’t said anything about it

yet — I haven’t said anything at all.” “Frank mentioned something about

this at a meeting and I made no comment whatsoever. I never knew it was

any kind of formal discussion or offer or proposal or anything else.”

Dingell’s denial, however, contradicted the letter he sent to Pelosi

two days after she received Frank’s letter formally suggesting the task

force. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/013107/letter.html">[1]</a>

<h4> House energy bill</h4>

On June 18, 2007, in a disagreement with House Speaker <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-Calif.) over energy legislation, Dingell removed provisions from a draft energy bill in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a>

that would have set new fuel efficiency standards and barred states

from regulating vehicle emissions. Pelosi and many other Democrats

opposed the language, as they did not want to prevent states like

California from establishing their own higher emissions standards.

Dingell stated that no agreement had been reached, claiming he made the

changes in an effort to expedite the legislation, in an attempt by the

House to pass the bill by July 4, hoping to declare it an "Energy

Independence Day." He said he would still bring up the issue at a later

date.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-3">[4]</a>

In a July 8, 2007 interview on C-SPAN, Dingell announced his

intention to "propose a new carbon tax that would increase the gasoline

tax by 50 cents." Acknowledging that voters might not be willing to bear

the cost of such a tax to limit greenhouse gas emissions, he said he

would introduce the measure “just to sort of see how people really feel

about this.” In addition to the gas tax increase, Dingell’s new proposal

would institute an additional tax on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted

by automobiles and electric utilities.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-4">[5]</a>

<h3> War on Christmas</h3>

On December 15, 2005, Rep. Dingell read a poem on the floor of the House that was sharply critical of, among other things, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_O%27Reilly" title="Bill O'Reilly">Bill O'Reilly</a> and the so-called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Christmas" class="extiw" title="w:War on Christmas">War on Christmas</a>".<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.house.gov/dingell/documents/press_releases/109th_Congress/12-14-05_2.htm">[2]</a>

<h4> Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007</h4>

In early July, 2007, House Democratic leaders planned to pass the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2900/show">H.R. 2900</a>)

with bipartisan support. The bill, which was sponsored by Dingell, was a

Food and Drug Administration overhaul measure that would reauthorize

the agency’s program for approving new prescription drugs. It would also

create new drug safety regulations, including larger fines for

violators. The bill was put on the suspension calendar, which would

require it to have a 2/3 vote to pass.Usually, bills considered under

suspension of the rules have widespread support and are easily passed.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-5">[6]</a>

<dl><dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._prescription_drug_legislation#House" title="U.S. prescription drug legislation">U.S. prescription drug legislation#House</a></dd></dl>

<h3> Gun control legislation</h3>

<h4> The NICS Improvement Act of 2007</h4>

The NICS Improvement Act of 2007 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h297/show">(H.R.297)</a> is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._gun_control_legislation" title="U.S. gun control legislation">gun control</a> measure which was introduced in the House on January 5, 2007 by Dingell with co-sponsor Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carolyn_McCarthy" title="Carolyn McCarthy">Carolyn McCarthy</a>

(D-N.Y.). It would amend the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of

1993 to require the head of each federal agency that has records

relating to persons for whom receipt of a firearm would violate federal

or state law to provide that information to the Attorney General for

inclusion into the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Instant_Criminal_Background_Check_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Instant Criminal Background Check System (page does not exist)">National Instant Criminal Background Check System</a>

(NICS). In addition, it would require the agency, upon being made aware

that the basis under which a record was made available no longer

applies, to correct the record and notify the Attorney General and the

the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="U.S. Department of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a>.

It would also have to make available to the Attorney General records

relevant to a determination that a person is disqualified from

possessing or receiving a firearm and information about a change in such

person's status for removal from NICS, where appropriate.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-6">[7]</a>

The bill would also direct the Attorney General to make grants to states and Indian tribal governments to<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-7">[8]</a>:

<ul><li>Establish or upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations</li><li>Improve the automation and transmittal to federal and state record

repositories of criminal history dispositions, records relevant to

determining whether a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime

of domestic violence, court orders, and mental health adjudications or

commitments.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-8">[9]</a></li></ul>

The bill would require the Director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bureau_of_Justice_Statistics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bureau of Justice Statistics (page does not exist)">Bureau of Justice Statistics</a> to study and evaluate NICS operations and to report annually to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congress" title="Congress" class="mw-redirect">Congress</a>

and to specified states regarding best practices; and the Comptroller

General to conduct an audit of the expenditure of all funds appropriated

for criminal records improvement to determine how the funds were

expended. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-9">[10]</a>

<dl><dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NICS_Improvement_Act_of_2007" title="NICS Improvement Act of 2007">NICS Improvement Act of 2007</a></dd></dl>

<h3> International solid waste importation and management act</h3>

In 2007, Rogers sponsored the International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007

(H.R. 518), which would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize

states to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste. The House

passed the bill in April 24, 2007.

<dl><dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Solid_Waste_Importation_and_Management_Act_of_2007" title="International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007">International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007</a></dd></dl>

<h3> Media, telecommunications and intellectual property</h3>

<h4> Scolding the Federal Communications Commission</h4>

The Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) has responded to pressure from Rep. Dingell and other members of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a>.

During hearings held in March, the F.C.C. was scolded for failures in

recent years. The F.C.C. botched handling of cable television

franchising, created a backlog of unanswered consumer complaints and did

nothing during various disputes between industry rivals.

See the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Media,Telecommunications_and_Intellectual_Property%28U.S.%29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portal:Media, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property (U.S.) (page does not exist)">Media, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Policy Portal</a> for more information.

<h3> Background</h3>

Dingell's father, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D.Dingell,Sr." class="extiw" title="w:John D. Dingell, Sr.">John D. Dingell, Sr.</a>

(1894-1955), represented the same district from 1933 to 1955. The

Dingells are of Polish descent, and together they have represented the

heavily Polish western suburbs of Detroit for 72 years

Dingell was born July 8, 1926. He served in the United States Army

during World War II, then attended Georgetown University and Georgetown

Law School in Washington, D.C., where he graduated with a J.D. in 1952.

He worked as a Congressional employee, a forest ranger, and a

prosecuting attorney for Wayne County until 1955, when John, Sr. died

and John, Jr. won a special election to succeed him. He is married to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Debbie_Dingell" title="Debbie Dingell">Debbie Dingell</a>, who is Executive Director, Public Affairs and Community Relations for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors" title="General Motors" class="mw-redirect">General Motors</a> and Vice Chairman of General Motors Foundation.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/?title=John_Dingell#cite_note-10">[11]</a>

<h3> Congressional career</h3>

Dingell won the seat in his own right in 1956 and has been reelected

every two years since. His district was called the 15th District

1955-1965, the 16th District 1965-2003, and the 15th District again

since 2003. From 1981 until the Democrats lost control of the House in

1995, Dingell chaired the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a>

and was regarded by analysts as one of the four or five most powerful

members of the House. He is still the committee's ranking Democrat.

Dingell has always won reelection by double-digit margins, although

the increasing conservatism of the white suburbs of Detroit since the

1970s has led to several serious <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>

challenges in the 1990s. However, he has won his last two elections

with over 70 percent of the vote. In 2002 he successfully defeated a

challenge in the Democratic primary election from a slightly more

liberal Democrat, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Rivers" class="extiw" title="w:Lynn Rivers">Lynn Rivers</a>. Redistricting by the Republican-controlled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" class="extiw" title="w:Michigan Legislature">Michigan Legislature</a> following the 2000 Census, had resulted in the two Democratic incumbents being placed into the same district.

<h4> 2006 elections</h4>

No major candidates announced their intentions to contest Dingell’s seat in the November 2006 election. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=MI&year=2006">[3]</a>

<h3> Positions and Legislation</h3>

Dingell is generally considered a liberal Democrat, and throughout

his career he has been a leading congressional supporter of organized

labor, social welfare measures and traditional progressive policies. At

the beginning of every Congress, Dingell introduces a bill providing for

a national health insurance system--the same bill that his father

proposed while he was in Congress.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.house.gov/dingell/bio.htm">[4]</a>

At the start of each Congress, Dingell has introduced legislation (H.R. 15 in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/110th_Congress" title="110th Congress" class="mw-redirect">110th Congress</a>) which proposes a national health plan financed by value-added tax and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Care_Trust_Fund" class="extiw" title="w:National Health Care Trust Fund">National Health Care Trust Fund</a>. He continues to pursue a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Patients%27_Bill_of_Rights" class="extiw" title="w:U.S. Patients' Bill of Rights">U.S. Patients' Bill of Rights</a>.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.house.gov/dingell/bio.htm">[5]</a>

He personally favors a single-payer plan and government-run insurance

program, but he followed the Clintons' proposal, managed competition,

during the Clinton administration.

Dingell "was a primary force behind enactment of the National

Wilderness Act, the Water Quality Act of 1965, the National

Environmental Policy Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the

Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act of 1977, the Safe Drinking

Water Amendments of 1986, and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

Closer to home, he was also responsible for securing federal funds to

clean up the Rouge River, said to be one of the dirtiest waterways in

the nation, and to create the Detroit River International Wildlife

Refuge."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cookpolitical.com/column/2004/121705.php">[6]</a>

"He was an early and strong advocate of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

and of Medicare, two of the most important pieces of legislation of the

last century. He also played a key role on many smaller issues that

affect everyone's daily life, like the creation of the National Do Not

Call Registry for keeping telemarketers at bay."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cookpolitical.com/column/2004/121705.php">[7]</a>

On some issues he reflects the conservative values of his largely

Catholic and working-class district. He was a supporter of the Vietnam

War until 1971. Although he supported the Lyndon Johnson

Administration's civil rights bills, he opposed campaigns to expand

school desegregation to the Detroit suburbs via mandatory busing. He

takes a moderately conservative position on abortion. He has voted

against clean air bills if these appear to threaten Detroit's automobile

industry. He is an avid sportsman and hunter, and he strongly opposes

gun control, and is a former board member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a>.

On December 13, 2005, Dingell was honored at the White House with a Presidential lunch for his 50th Congressional anniversary.

<h2> Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics

databases.

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<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for John Dingell

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00001783">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00001783">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00001783">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00001783">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00001783">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00001783">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Dingell%2C+John+D">Revolving door profile for John Dingell</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00001783">2006 privately funded travel profile for John Dingell</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00001783">Personal finance profile for John Dingell</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li></ul>

<h2> Committees and Affiliations</h2>

<h3> Committees</h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a> - Chair

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection</li><li>Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality</li><li>Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials</li><li>Subcommittee on Health</li><li>Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations</li><li>Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet</li></ul>

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<h4> Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

<h2> More Background Data</h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H1990103">Background information on John Dingell from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H1990103">Interest group scorecard ratings for John Dingell from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/d000355">Voting record for John Dingell from the Washington Post database</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=MI15&site=congressmerge">Information on John Dingell from Congress Merge</a></li></ul>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell">John Dingell</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL">GFDL</a>.
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                    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="636"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><h3><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Congressman Dingell receives 100 percent rating from League of Conservation Voters</font></h3>
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                    <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><em>Dearborn, MI</em> - Today, the League of

Conservation Voters (LCV) released its scorecard to rate Members of

Congress on energy and conservation issues for 2008.  Congressman John

D. Dingell (D- MI15) received a 100 percent rating.  In addition, the

House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which is chaired by Congressman

Dingell, received a score of 100 percent.  LCV based its score for the

House on 13 votes impacting energy and environmental issues.  The votes

included extending and expanding tax credits for renewable energy and

energy efficiency, opposing drilling in environmentally sensitive areas

like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, providing much-needed grants

for public transportation, supporting and protecting public lands and

wilderness, increasing funding so our farmers can participate in

conservation programs, and supporting environmental education for our

nation’s youth.  </td></tr></tbody></table>

Dingell, J

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