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GOP Leaders Disband House Global Warming Committee

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- House Republicans cooled off efforts to study global warming today by killing the select subcommittee that has been investigating climate change. "We have pledged to save taxpayers' money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio,...

Influential Climate Change Skeptic Accused of Plagiarism

(Nov. 23) -- In 2005, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who at the time headed the House energy committee, turned to George Mason University statistician Edward Wegman to refute the work of Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann. Wegman's report criticized two earlier Mann reports that calculated global temperatures of the...

Joe Barton's Apology to BP is a 'Gift' to Democrats

(June 20) -- Even though he tried to take it back, Texas GOP Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP has become what is known in politics and other pursuits as the "gift that keeps on giving," and the latest round came on Sunday's news programs where Democrats made the most of it and Republicans did their best to contain the...

This Week's Worst (and Best) Performances

(June 18) -- Summer is about to begin, and if recent news stories are any indication, it's going to be a long, hot one filled with viral videos, apologies and an unstoppable torrent of talk about the BP oil disaster. Those familiar themes ran together over and over again this week in on-camera performances by a variety of...

Conservatives Call BP Fund an Obama 'Shakedown'

(June 17) -- Some conservatives who've complained that President Barack Obama isn't doing enough about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico now say he's gone too far. They're criticizing the $20 billion fund Obama just squeezed out of BP. After meeting with the oil company's leaders at the White House Wednesday, the...

Joe Barton News From the Web

05/28/12 Israeli Congress candidate hopes for GOP victory Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Itamar Gelbman, the only Israeli running for US Congress, is expected to face an uphill battle in Tuesday's Texas Republican primary.
05/24/12 Reps. Barton, Stearns Praise Twitter's Support for 'Do... Source: Broadcasting and Cable A pair of House Republicans have sent Twitter a letter praising the company for supporting "do not track" browser functionality, but also seeking more information on that promise as well as what info it collects when it does track.
05/22/12 Frank Kuchar for U.S. House District 6 Source: The Eagle Citizen When Joe Barton first went to the House of Representatives in 1984, the national debt was $1.6 trillion.
05/17/12 Congressman Joe Barton optimistic in re-election bid Source: Frisco Enterprise - Frisco TX Former Addison mayor Joe Chow is seen as Barton's chief competitor.
05/15/12 McDowell Among 'Most Valuable Policymakers' Source: Broadcasting and Cable The Sports Fan Coalition, which has asked the FCC to scrap its sports blackout rule as outmoded and fan-unfriendly, is honoring six legislators and one FCC commissioner for "standing up for fans."

Background on Joe Barton

Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.

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