Joe Barton

Speaking of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) — who apparently is weighing a run for the Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) — Kate just passed along the all-time money-est Barton quote ever (and that’s saying something) about how wind power might aggravate climate change. From a March 10 House Energy and Commerce [...]

Last week, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) invited the public, via Twitter, to join him for a Texas A&M football game in October. The suite was reserved, he said. All you need to do is bring $2,000.
Yesterday we learned why Barton, the senior Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee who won his last [...]

From the Twittering fingers of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) comes this public invitation to join the congressman next month when Texas A&M, his alma mater, takes on Arkansas at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. He’s reserved a suite for you. Oh, and don’t forget to bring the $2,000 admission fee.
‘Aggie fans-my campaign has a suite at [...]

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
The White House says that Sen. Mike Enzi’s (R-Wyo.) comments on health care reform might mean the now famous bipartisan “Gang of Six,” leading the charge on a bill in the Senate Finance Committee, could be down to five.  Judging by this anti-”Obamacare” fundraising appeal, it [...]

On a conference call last month, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) hedged a little bit on the question of whether Republicans, if they won a congressional majority in 2010, would repeal a health care bill passed by the 111th Congress. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is not hedging.
If they somehow manage to get the votes and get [...]

After threatening 450 amendments and other delays, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee appear to be playing ball, and against all odds, it actually looks like the landmark Waxman-Markey energy and climate will be voted out of committee tonight.
Tuesday’s hearing, the first day at which amendments to the bill were presented, extended late [...]

Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee got to work on the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debating and voting on six amendments to the legislation. That’s modest progress at best — Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-Texas) has promised 450 amendments, and his fellow Republicans could further delay the process by requesting that the 946-page [...]

The markup session for the landmark Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill is underway in the House Energy and Commerce Committee (live webcast from C-SPAN). And it’s sure to be one hell of a show.
Ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas), who promised to wage “sneaky,” “crafty” “guerrilla warfare” on the legislation, just delivered his opening statement. He [...]

For a man who read the morning paper during a congressional hearing on the Waxman-Markey climate bill last week, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) sure seems to be enjoying the fight over the legislation.
Barton, the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, doesn’t have any illusions about his role in the process; he is [...]

Former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) is testifying right now before the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee on the Waxman-Markey climate bill. As a respected Republican who has been at the forefront of the global warming debate, he has the ear of everyone in the room.
Everyone, that is, except Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas). Barton, the ranking [...]