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By Emily Heil
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May 29, 2007, 12 a.m.

When their party took the majority in the House in November, there were plenty of Democrats who just couldn’t wait to get their itchy hands on some powerful committee gavels. Now a few panel chairmen are getting their wish.

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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article