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Congressional Campaign Accounts Invested In Stock Market Boosted By Wall Street Bounce

Roll Call | Alex Knott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Market-Surge, Wall Street Surge, Midterm Elections, Wall Street, 2010 Elections, Stock Market, Joe Barton, Spencer Bachus, Congressional Campaign Funding, Campaign Financing, Politics News

The recent surge on Wall Street has created a windfall for some Congressional campaigns that invested their political contributions in the stock marke...

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The Optimistic Scientist and the Pessimistic Politicians

Yuna Shin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: NPR Morning Edition, Steve Chu Energy Secretary, Energy Secretary, Energy Consumption, Npr, California Energy Consumption, Joe Barton, Steve Inskeep, Fossil Fuel, Steve Chu, Alaks, Green News
Yuna Shin

Steve Chu, the Secretary of Energy, is a non-politician in a political position, but no one doubts that he is a very logical choice to be in charge of energy policies in this country.

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Joe Barton: Republicans Will Repeal Health Care Reform If It Passes

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Barton, Healthcare Reform, 2010 Elections, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

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 ma...

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Eshoo and Barton Team Up to Block Generic Biologic Medicines

James Love | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Biosimilars, Anna Eshoo, Phrma, Eshoo Barton Amendment, PhRMA Lobby, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Health Care, Bio, Politics News
James Love

The Eshoo/Barton amendment, which has the support of many newly pro-PhRMA democrats, will extend the period of monopolies for biologic medicines.

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Climate Bill Earmarks $500M for Clean Coal 'Admin Expenses'

David Sassoon | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Earmarks, Clean Coal, National Carbon Capture Center, Rick Boucher, Waxman-Markey, Joe Barton, Carbon Storage Research Corporation, Light Switch Tax, Ccs, John Shimkus, Epri, Green Energy, Green News
David Sassoon

Republican opponents of climate legislation told the public that a cap-and-trade bill would impose a "light switch tax." It was a witty and effective slogan used to scare voters.

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Marcus Baram

Joe Barton, GOP Congressman, Explains Why CO2 Is Harmless: "It's In Your Coca-Cola" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Joe Barton Coca-Cola, Joe Barton CO2, Joe Barton Climate Change, Gop Climate Change, Joe Barton, Barton Global Warming, Joe Barton Global Warming, Green News

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has long been one of the most outspoken global warming skeptics in the Congress. This morning, on C-SPAN, he denounced the ...

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Joe Barton Begins "Guerrilla Warfare" On Climate Bill

The Washington Independent | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Romm, Edward Markey, Waxman Markey Bill, Joe Barton, Henry Waxman, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Politics News

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-...

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Rep. Joe Barton: Waxman 'Doesn't Have the Nuts' to Pass Energy Bill

David Murdock | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Republican, Joe Barton, Obama, Waxman-Markey, Henry Waxman, Climate Control Debate, Climate Change, Global Warming, Energy Bill, Green News
David Murdock

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill. Next week,...

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Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate-Change-Legislation, House of Representatives, Democratic Congress, Carbon Emissions, John Gideon, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Swine Flu, Green, Henry Waxman, Green News Report, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, House Republicans, Automakers, Michelle Bachmann, Mountaintop Removal, Cafo, Green News, Joe Barton, Ken Salazar, Al Gore, Grist, Solar Power, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...

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Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Peabody Coal, Congressional GOP, John Dingell, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Tea Parties, Newt Gingrich, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Dick Cheney, Big Oil, John Warner, Epa, Steven Chu, American Solutions for Winning the Future, Big Coal, Joe Barton, Lisa Jackson, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Shimkus, Green News
Josh Dorner

This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives.

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Jason Linkins

Rep Joe Barton Brags About Asking Energy Secretary Where Oil Comes From

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steven Chu, Video, Joe Barton, Idiots, Politics News

I have to think that one of the reasons it can be difficult to get smart people to work in the government is because you regularly encounter people wh...

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More Eco-Stumpers From The Mind Of Joe Barton

David Rees | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Science, Climate Change, Joe Barton, Global Warming, Green News
David Rees

Rep. Joe Barton of the great state of Texas had a gold-star day yesterday. He outsmarted a Nobel-Prize winner!

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GOP's Climate Confusion

Politico.com | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Barton, Michael Steele Global Cooling, Global Warming, Republicans and Global Warming, Republicans and Climate Change, GOP Global Warming, Politics News

Ask 15 Republicans about climate change, and you'll get 20 different answers. In March, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told ...

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Jason Linkins

Joe Barton's Twittering Staffer Dispenses Ironic Advice

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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During President Barack Obama's speech before Congress last night, various congresspersons were Twittering up a storm of observations. Glenn Thrush o...

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Gap In GOP Candidates' Healthcare Plans Would Hit Cancer Patients

LA Times | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop Healthcare Plan, Talking Points, Robert Reich, Pat Leahy, GOP Healthcare, Health Insurance, Pete Stark, Republican Healthcare Plan, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Barton, Hillary Clinton, Tobacco Tax, Nadler, Healthcare, Photo-Op, Mercenary, Taxes, Tax, Torture, Mercenaries, Veto, Health Care, Waxman, Schip, Simpsons, Nasa, Hedge Fund, Politics News

When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insu...

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