
Six Texas Republican representatives joined with the eleven Democrats in the state’s congressional delegation to vote in favor of the bill to raise the debt ceiling. Nineteen Texas Republicans voted nay in attempting to block the measure. On a national level, 79 Republicans joined with the 187 Democrat members of the House to pass the measure back to the Senate.
by Bob Price29 Oct 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

“Businesses that sell to foreign markets put more people to work in high-quality jobs, offering more Americans the chance to earn a decent wage,” claimed the Obama administration’s Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in a March 18 Wall Street Journal
by Marita Noon24 Mar 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

The administration will try to “hide their rear” during an upcoming hearing on the Ebola outbreak, Republican Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) said in an interview with Breitbart News Wednesday. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is
by Caroline May16 Oct 2014, 8:05 AM PST0

On Wednesday at a House hearing on the malfunctioning Healthcare.gov website, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) invoked The Wizard of Oz when he told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that she was not in Kansas anymore. “There is a
by Tony Lee30 Oct 2013, 8:58 AM PST0

Contractors that worked on the glitched ObamaCare website were stunned into silenced when shown a clause on buried in the code of the ACA website that has Americans agree to a privacy clause concerning their personal heath information. Buried in
by Breitbart TV24 Oct 2013, 12:02 PM PST0

During Thursday’s congressional hearing with the contractors responsible for building the troubled ObamaCare federal exchanges, we learned that whether you end up enrolling in ObamaCare or not, no one who puts any information into the ObamaCare website can expect to
by John Nolte24 Oct 2013, 8:09 AM PST0

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) told members of his own conference on Thursday night that there were not enough votes among the party that would support passage of Boehner’s tax proposal known as “Plan B.” Boehner’s office
by Kerry Picket20 Dec 2012, 6:47 PM PST0

Deregulation is the future for video and retransmission of broadcast signals by cable and satellite firms. That is the message from the House Energy and Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee’s “Future of Video” hearing last Wednesday, led by Rep. Greg Walden
by Capitol Confidential7 Jul 2012, 4:00 PM PST0
From Politico: Lawmakers are asking the FTC to investigate Facebook following reports that the social network has been collecting data even from users logged out of their profiles. The concerns from Capitol Hill came Wednesday in a letter by Reps.
by Publius29 Sep 2011, 7:36 AM PST0
To paraphrase an old saying, you can learn a lot about a man by seeing how he acts when no one is paying attention. A corollary to this works for Congressmen. In any given year there are, at most, three
by Mike Flynn22 Nov 2010, 10:19 AM PST0
The powerful Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship is up for grabs. Former Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) is seeking a waiver to regain the post. As supporters of term-limits, we believe new blood and new leadership is essential for democracy. Upton
by Capitol Confidential16 Nov 2010, 12:43 PM PST0
U.S. Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, talks about the outlook for the U.S. midterm elections and the prospects for a transfer of power in the House of Representatives. Barton says a Republican-controlled House would repeal President Obama’s health-care overhaul
by Breitbart TV28 Oct 2010, 11:49 AM PST0
Eugene Robinson, a stage four Obama apologist at the Washington Post, thinks the Republican party is “all shook up” over Joe Barton’s portrayal of the Obama-BP “meeting” as a shakedown. Strange words coming from an MSM Obama shill who himself
by Gregg Opelka24 Jun 2010, 9:08 AM PST0
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift. She’s like the unlucky girl who keeps trying oh-so-hard but never makes the cheerleading squad. In column after column Clift seems to be angling for some future sinecure in the
by Gregg Opelka19 Jun 2010, 5:00 PM PST0
A few days ago, Texas Rep. Joe Barton, ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Commitee “apologized” to BP for the pressure the Obama Administration put on the company to fund an escrow account to compensate victims of the
by Publius19 Jun 2010, 4:47 AM PST0
If you want to know why the Republicans are called the “stupid party,” you need to look no further than this story about John Boehner’s distancing himself from Congressman Joe Barton’s remark that, based on no constitutional authority, BP had
by Jake Boot17 Jun 2010, 4:01 PM PST0
The Federal Communications Commission’s bid to subject broadband services to stricter regulation encountered a new hurdle last Friday, as an informal count of legislators revealed more than half of the members of the House oppose reshaping the regulatory framework through
by Capitol Confidential3 Jun 2010, 10:37 AM PST0
Top Republican lawmakers last week sent President Barack Obama a letter protesting the Federal Communications Commission’s recent overture at adopting so-called net neutrality rules, asking that he block the agency’s controversial move to reclassify broadband. House GOP leaders John Boehner
by Capitol Confidential17 May 2010, 7:03 AM PST0
Health insurance company CEOs will apparently be spared the public thrashing planned for April 21 by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Hollywood). Waxman notified committee members of the cancellation in a memo released Wednesday. The memo implies
by Jed Babbin16 Apr 2010, 2:01 PM PST0
A provision within Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health care measure passed by the House the other week rehashes a months-old intramural battle between powerful Democrats over how biologic drugs will face competition from generic drug manufacturers. While the House bill provides
by Publius13 Nov 2009, 2:41 PM PST0