Joe Barton

Barton states that he will receive a pension but "it is not lavish by any means." That statement is what's wrong in Washington. He will receive more than $139,000 per year plus insurance benefits....

CONCORD GOP political operative Joe Barton was pardoned on a straight 3-2 party vote by the Executive Council at its regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19.There was some discussion about allowing a tape of the incident into evidence, but James Vara, chief...

CONCORD GOP political operative Joe Barton was pardoned on a straight 3-2 party vote by the Executive Council at its regular meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 19.There was some discussion about allowing a tape of the incident into evidence, but James Vara, chief...

Rep. Joe Barton has a warning for President Donald Trump and the GOP: Brace yourselves. The Texas Republican, who is retiring in January at the end of his 17th term, said the president is in for a "rude awakening" on Jan. 3, when the 116th Congres...

CONCORD — Politics collided with criminal justice Monday when former Newmarket Republican Committee Chairman Joe Barton made his case for a pardon to the governor and Executive Council regarding his resisting arrest conviction during the 2014 electi...

CONCORD — Politics collided with criminal justice Monday when former Newmarket Republican Committee Chairman Joe Barton made his case for a pardon to the governor and Executive Council regarding his resisting arrest conviction during the 2014 electi...

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Ennis, Texas, has spent more than three decades in Congress. On Jan. 3, 2019, he no longer will be a congressman. Smokey Joe talks about what lies ahead including marriage, new job....

Candidates wait for results in the race for Joe Barton's TX congressional seat in the midterm general elections. Here are voting results from the Nov 6 Election Day....

For 11 years, the Arlington Republican served as district director and then as chief of staff under now-retiring U.S. Rep. Joe Barton. When he came home, he was still expected to run for Congress someday. Now, he knows the city and its needs....

Republican Ron Wright, Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez and Libertarian Allen Harber are running to replace U.S. Rep. Joe Barton in Congress....

In the absence of a traditional Republican in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, we recommend a moderate Democrat.Jana Lynne Sanchez, 54,......

Republican Representative Joe Barton grilled Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the shadowbanning of 600,000 Twitter accounts during a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today....

Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to meet with several children with serious medical issues and their families. They traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress to discuss the continuing and difficult challenges children with c...

Texas Rep. Joe Barton set up a legal defense fund earlier this summer after a nude photo of himself that he sent to a woman was leaked last year. Documents show Barton set up the fund in June after the House Ethics Committee gave him permission to do so f...

Leadership be damned, Rep. Joe L. Barton thought. He knew he was right, and as soon as he was convinced of that, hardly anything in the world could move him. Just a few months into his first term, the Texas Republican was angling for something between pro...

WASHINGTON - Ennis Rep. Joe Barton has set up a legal expense fund to deal with costs he incurred last year after lewd images he shared in an......

Lawsuit dismissed claiming voter fraud by Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez. She faces Republican Ron Wright in November to determine who replaces Joe Barton in representing the 6th Congressional District....

Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez has out-raised Texas Republican Ron Wright since the runoff in the race for Republican Rep. Joe Barton's congressional seat....

WITH Tim Williams busy running wild with the Cooma Stallions, Joe Barton has stepped into the breach and joined Nick Campton in the David Stagg Studio for the latest episode of the League Central podcast....

Rep. Joe Barton's son attends a public school in small-town Texas where more than half of his classmates are Hispanic, and he figures a good number of them are from homes where at least one parent is an illegal immigrant. The congressman says it's...

The leadership of the Republican congressional baseball team will remain in the hands of a Texan.Rep. Joe Barton, the retiring GOP lawmaker from......

From The Hill: Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Wednesday re-introduced companion versions of the "Do Not Track Kids Act" in the Senate and House respectively. The bills were also sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Co...

Arlington, Texas, Republican and longtime elected official Ron Wright said he is...

A federal law requiring power plants that expand or upgrade their facilities to meet the latest air pollution regulations - no matter how old the plant is - have fallen into the crosshairs of Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, and other House Republicans....

What do TV star Rosie O'Donnell and Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of the conservative Weekly Standard, have in common?They've both been called......

Amazon's Echo Dot and its accompanying version of Alexa for kids called FreeTime raised eyebrows and questions about children's privacy from the start. Now, Sen. Edward J. Markey (Massachusetts) and Rep. Joe Barton (Texas) want to know what the e-...

UPDATED with response from Amazon: When children talk to an Amazon Echo Dot for kids, who, exactly, is listening? Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) posed that question in a letter se......

Republicans and Democrats who hope to replace Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, in Congress are reaching out to voters, hoping to win the May 22 primary runoff election....

Republican Rep. Joe Barton on Thursday defended Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's lavish travel budget because it didn't entail...

Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton on Thursday insisted that EPA Director Scott Pruitt had been a "victim" of Democrats because of news reports which accuse Pruitt of corruption. At a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday, Democrat...

Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton on Thursday insisted that EPA Director Scott Pruitt had been a "victim" of Democrats because of news reports which accuse Pruitt of corruption. At a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday, Democrat...

The Republicans running to replace retiring Rep. Joe Barton have overhauled campaign staff ahead of next month's runoff with a top consultant bouncing from one candidate to the other. ... Click to Continue...

National Democrats aren't targeting retiring GOP Rep. Joe Barton's Arlington-area congressional district — but a Democrat is raising more money than both of the Republicans in the race. Public relations ... Click to Continue...

Jana Lynne Sanchez says she's brought in more than a quarter of a million dollars, while Republicans' first place primary finisher, Ron Wright, trailed his opponent and went $137,000 in debt....

Jana Lynne Sanchez says she's brought in more than a quarter of a million dollars, while Republicans' first place primary finisher, Ron Wright, trailed his opponent and went $137,000 in debt....

Inside Texas Politics began with a debate between the two Democratic candidates vying to replace Republican Congressman Joe Barton in Congressional District 6....

Joe Barton, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman discusses Paul Ryan's decision to step down at the end of the year. He also gives his take on the Facebook hearing and regulations. He speaks with Scarlet Fu, Julia Chatterley and Joe W...

During his testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg claimed Facebook made an "error" in determining Diamond and Silk were "unsafe for the community." Texas GOP Rep Joe Barton grilled Zuckerberg...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress on Wednesday that the supression of Lynnette "Diamond" Hardaway and Rochelle "Silk" Richardson on his platform was an "enforcement error." GOP Congressman Joe Barton of Texas p...

Meet the two republican candidates who are in a run off for Congressional District 6....

U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, joins Lone Star Politics, talking about the decision not to run for reelection and what will happen to the district he served for more than 30 years....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on primary day in Texas (all times CST):10:40 p.m.The packed Republican primary to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Joe Barton is headed to a runoff.None of the 11 c......

Tarrant County Tax Assessor Ron Wright tells NBC 5 he will run for the 6th Congressional District seat that U.S. Rep. Joe Barton has held for more than 30 years. Photo Credit: NBC 5 News This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click he...

Republican Tarrant County Tax Assessor Collector Ron Wright jumped out to an early lead Tuesday night — as did Democrats Jana Lynne Sanchez and Ruby Faye Woolridge — in battles to win their party's nomination to replace Joe Barton in Congr...

More than a dozen challengers are fighting for the 6th Congressional District seat that'll be left vacant by outgoing longtime U.S. Rep. Joe Barton. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web b...

Texas Congressman Joe Barton on mass shootings: background checks and giving police more authority could help cut down on mass shootings....

Texas Representative Joe Barton, a survivor of last summer's mass shooting at a congressional baseball practice, talks about his reaction to the attack in Florida....

Front yards and right-of-ways in Waxahachie and Ennis and Midlothian are dotted with campaign signs for Ellis County sheriff, county and district......

For the first time in three decades, voters in the 6th Congressional District won't see Joe Barton's name on the ballot this year....

There may be no better time for a Democrat to run for the 6th Congressional District....