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Sam Stein

Joe Barton Touts A Defense Of His BP Comments, Minutes After Apologizing To GOP For Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex) featured an article on his own website Wednesday morning, in which a conservative author defends the Texas Republican for apol...

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Joe Barton Will Keep Energy Committee Post After Apologizing To GOP Colleagues

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) convened privately with his GOP colleagues Wednesday and apologized for the controversy he created last week by expressing p...

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Sam Stein

Romney Rebukes Barton After Initial No-Comment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A spokesman for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally rebuked Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex) a day after the potential 2012 Republican presidential ...

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Ryan Grim

Joe Barton: The Vultures Circle

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Barton's fate rests with the voters, though they don't have to wait until November to weigh in. Republican leadership aides say that Barton's abil...

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Sam Stein

Joe Barton's Apology: Dems Doing All They Can To Draw It Out Through November

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The weekend break and subsequent disavowals from Republican lawmakers have not been enough to cool the political heat surrounding Rep. Joe Barton afte...

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Sam Stein

Rand Paul Offers Sympathy For Joe Barton: I Know What A Pile-On Feels Like

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul declined to endorse Rep. Joe Barton's position that the Obama administration shook down executives at B...

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Sam Stein

GOP Outraged By 'Shakedown' BP Escrow Account, Apologizes To CEO

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans on the Hill have calculated that President Obama's successful demand that BP set up a $20 billion escrow account to pay out claims is ripe...

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