National Public Radio: All Things Considered, November 21, 2008 · There are a lot of new faces on Capitol Hill, and some old faces in new places. Among the latter is Calif. Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman. Thursday, in a secret ballot vote among his fellow Democrats, he ousted Michigan Rep. John Dingell to become chairman of the powerful Committee on Energy and Commerce. Waxman has been waiting a long time for this moment. “John Dingell has been chairman or ranking member of the Energy and …