House Oversight Back With A Roar

When the Democrats took over Congress this year, they renamed a few committees, messing up some old acronyms. But at least one turned out for the better. Rep. Henry Waxman's team renamed the House Government Reform Committee: It's now the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The new acronym, COGR-or "cougar"-nicely sums up Waxman's targeting of Bushies. "That's what you get when you put 'oversight' back in," says an aide. A Waxman ally, former Rep. Gerry Sikorski, adds: "Some call it COGR and some OGR. Always depends on perspective. Being stalked--or doing the stalking."

By Paul Bedard