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2 unusual facts about Joe Barton


Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Bill of 2006

The Act was sponsored by Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas), Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Rep. Charles Pickering (R-Miss.) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.).

Methyl tert-butyl ether

This provision was first proposed in 2003 and had been thought by some to be a priority of Tom DeLay and Rep. Joe Barton, then chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.


Dan Kubiak

In 1984, Kubiak won the Democratic nomination for Congress over State Senator Hugh Parmer of Fort Worth but lost the general election to the still serving Republican, Joe Barton, who succeeded Gramm in the House upon Gramm's election to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John G. Tower.

MTBE controversy

This provision was first proposed in 2003 and had been thought by some to be a priority of Tom DeLay and Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.


see also

I Found Joe Barton

I Found Joe Barton, also known as The Adventures of Al Munch, was a 1952 film made for Australian television starring Charles Tingwell and Lloyd Berrell.