Dingell Names Whip Team

Commerce Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) has named the whip team for his effort to retain that powerful chairmanship, which includes oversight of the FCC and media issues, including the DTV transition. A whip team is a group of legislators who are charged with lining up enough votes to make sure a Member will win when a party caucus votes on committee chairs for the next Congress. Dingell's team includes a number of powerful committee chairmen and subcommittee chairmen. The team also includes 9 of the House Commerce Committee's 31 members and 3 of the Committee's 6 subcommittee chairman.