Joe Barton

Joseph Linus Barton is an American politician who represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019. The district included Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. He was also a member of the Tea Party Caucus. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Joe Barton has 872 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1985 House Proceeding. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 89 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2010 with an average of 9,128 views per program. Most appearances with John D. Dingell Jr. (13), Peter Slen (12), Henry Waxman (10). Most common tags: Energy Policy, Health Care, Texas.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-TX 6th January 3, 1985 - January 3, 2019 Videos: 870

Recent Appearances

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House considered several suspension bills, including ones that condemns the Assad regime in Syria and Russian aggression …

  • House Session, Part 3

    House Session, Part 3

    The House considered bills under suspension of the rules including a bill designating former President George W. Bush’s child…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House considered 38 bills under suspension of the rules, including reauthorizing programs that deal with flu outbreaks; a…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House debated and approved a bill that expedites Department of Energy permit approvals for liquified natural gas. Members…

  • Social Media and Content Monitoring

    Social Media and Content Monitoring

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about how his company uses artificial intell…

  • Summer Reading with Representative Joe Barton

    Summer Reading with Representative Joe Barton

    Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) shared his summer reading list with BookTV.

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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