Waxman the Anchorman

The House of Representatives isn’t usually known for its shipbuilding skills. Nevertheless, thirty-six Members of the body have spent the past week crafting an enormous anchor to chain to the U.S. economy.

Led by master shipwrights Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the House Energy and Commerce Committee just concluded a multi-day marathon of amendments on the Democrats’ plan to send energy costs skyrocketing.

In his mad rush to get this command-and-control legislation out of committee by.......