Congressman Joe Barton

In the wake of critical House and Senate votes over the past ten days, the nation’s fight against the growing epidemic of autism will move ahead as the Combating Autism Act of 2011 has been sent to the White House and is ready for the commander in chief’s signature. The historic legislation has it’s origins in the state of New Jersey thanks to 4th District Congressman Chris Smith and US Senator Robert Menendez. This is a followup to a bill that first passed through both sides of the aisle...Read Full Story

A Father Celebrates Today’s Reauthorization of the Combating Autism Act   ” Every single day, I am proud and awed to be working for our President. But, some days simply take the cake. Just a few short months ago, I had a couple of those days. On April 1st, President Obama issued the first ever Presidential Proclamation to mark World Autism Awareness Day. Later that month, I had another special moment when Valerie Jarrett and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that...Read Full Story

June 23rd, 2010 admin more at msnbc.com Posted in Politics Tags: Bellantoni, Bp, Christina, Christina Bellantoni, Joe Barton, Msnbc, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Politics, Politics, Tpm, TPM on TV « How to Play Jazz Guitar : Walking Bass Chord Comping in Jazz Guitar You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Archives June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009...Read Full Story

More coverage here: Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010 BP CEO Tony Hayward is on Capitol Hill testifying before a House Committee today.  In what has to be the most unexpected moment of the day, Joe Barton (R-Texas) issued a lengthy and heartfelt apology to BP. Barton, who happens to be the Republican Party's main oil Congressman, told Hayward that he was ashamed of how the Obama Administration basically "shook down" BP by all but ordering that the company give up dividends to shareholders and...Read Full Story

President Obama signed into law the Reauthorization of the CAA (Combating Autism Act). __________________________________________________________________________________ The White House Office of the Press Secretary September 30, 2011   Statement by the Press Secretary  On Friday, September 30, 2011, the President signed into law: H.R. 2005, the “Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2011,” which reauthorizes the Combating Autism Act of 2006, which created and authorized funding for...Read Full Story

Ed. Note: Since this piece was written, Barton (or a Barton aide) has tweeted and deleted a “retraction of the retraction” of the original apology. Andrew Reinbach is right. Deservedly or not, the political gods continue to smile on the Democrats, gifting them with an opposition so predictable and caricatured — from punishing the unemployed, to defending Wall Street — that they seem to be straight out of central casting. Now, the GOP has morphed into The Party of BP. After Rep. Joe Barton’s...Read Full Story

Last week, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the early results of the NHTSA investigation into “runaway” Toyotas found that the problem was driver error. This wasn’t shocking information - we’ve been saying that driver error is the cause of these incidents for months.However, this story has taken an interesting turn. An anonymous source at the Department of Transportation (the branch of the government that oversees NHSTA) told Just-Auto.com last week that the story in the WSJ was...Read Full Story

Joe Barton:At Thursday’s hearing on Capitol Hill where BP CEO Tony Hayward was called to testify about the oil spill, Texas GOP Rep. Joe Barton apologized to the head of the embattled oil company, characterizing White House to hold BP shares an extortion charge ” and “shameful.” Sam Stein HuffPost Reporting: Following the White Paper of the House of Wednesday’s announcement, an army of Republican Party officials are raising questions both about the process by which the offer was made and the...Read Full Story

Joe Barton BP Apology updates :- At Thursday’s hearing on Capitol Hill where BP CEO Tony Hayward was called to testify about the oil spill, Texas GOP Congressman Joe Barton apologized to the embattled oil company chief, characterizing White House actions to hold BP accountable a “shakedown” and “shameful.” Source www.huffingtonpost.com Joe Barton BP Apology was first posted on June 17, 2010 at 11:33 pm.Copyright @ A Pakistan News.Com . Pink Leather Handbag Latest Pink Leather Handbag...Read Full Story

USA TodayObama, speaking to Austin Democrats, takes swipes at Bush and Rep. Joe Barton ...Dallas Morning NewsAUSTIN -- Speaking at a Democratic fund-raiser this afternoon, President Barack Obama slapped at two well-known Texas Republicans without mentioning either by name: George W. Bush, Obama's predecessor in the ...Obama raps Republicans on small business helpThe Associated PressObama won't be appearing with some Texas DemocratsUSA TodayGov. Rick Perry delivers letter to President...Read Full Story