Rep. Dingell Balances Interests to Avoid Dingleberry

This article describes representative and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell’s (D-MI) decision to not force a fixed deadline for reducing emissions. Rather than follow Speaker Pelosi’s suggestion that a bill be passed calling for emissions to be halved by 2050, Dingell is continuing to hold hearings researching causal relationships specific to each type of emissions as well as deducing the logistics of what extent of reduction is feasible for each type of emission. Pelosi eventually agreed to not rush plans for emission reduction. The article also states that Dingell looks out for the interests of the auto industry despite having authored some of the most substantial environment sustainability legislation within the past thirty years. The median vote theorem finds Dingell’s moderation in calling for emissions reductions and his balancing of ecology interests with automobile industry interests to be effective in approximating the middle of the voters involved in his re-election, ensuring an overlap of electoral interests that wins him another plurality when his seat is up again.