A group called the Playoff PAC has been developed to push for the dismantling of the Bowl Championship Series. Like Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, the PAC wants some sort of post-season playoff. On Monday Barton spoke in support of the...
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, tonight lauded President Barack Obama for citing his constituent, Robin Beaton - a breast cancer survivor from Waxahachie whose insurance company used a preexisting acne condition to drop her coverage. Barton pressured the insurer to back...
President Obama has cited a Texas case as a case in point for what's wrong with the health care system - a woman whose breast cancer treatment was delayed when the insurance company canceled her policy for failing to...
Today's hearing on climate-change legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee features Al Gore and former Sen. John Warner. We have been waiting for the face-off between Gore and Joe Barton face-off all morning. (Barton denies that man-made CO2...
CQ reports today that Rep. Joe Barton, R-Arlington, has been mauled by the bear (market) as badly as anyone. Barton's campaign fund reported losses of $703,500 in stock investments last year. The D.C. news service reports those are technically paper...
Rep. Joe Barton, a conservative Republican, does not agree with President Barack Obama on many issues. Barton told The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board Wednesday that he hoped Obama would prevail on one matter. They both want a playoff...
A report in today's Washington Times raises questions about Arlington Rep. Joe Barton's use of a nonprofit foundation. Rep. Joe L. Barton's foundation spent more on staff, fundraising and other overhead from 2005 to 2007 - nearly $130,000 in all...
Of all the GOP lawmakers invited to the White House this afternoon for the "fiscal responsibility" summit, Rep. Joe Barton may have gotten in the most salient question on the minds of fellow Republicans. When the president called on him,...
The gentleman from Beverly Hills toppled the gentleman from Motor City this morning, and that may not be great news for the gentleman from Ennis, Texas. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., managed to wrest the chairmanship of the powerful Energy...
A bunch of Texas conservatives are squealing about the administration's proposed bailout of financial markets. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas -- head of the 100-strong conservative bloc, the Republican Study Committee - says he's "highly skeptical of the Paulson plan" and...
As a reader service, it may be time to start a running list of the politicians who are openly interested in Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's job, should she end up stepping down to run for governor. Last week, state Sen....
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