Senator John Barrasso

Republican  •  Wyoming  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2007 - 2012
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08/15/08
Barrasso: All forms of energy needed

(AP) - Sen. John Barrasso says the recent backward slide in oil prices from record levels may be the result of Americans getting serious about energy ...

Source: LocalNews8.com, ID
08/15/08
Barrasso says Wyoming will support McCain

AP - August 15, 2008 5:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso says he's confident the people of Wyoming will support Republican Sen. ...

Source: KPAX-TV, MT
08/14/08
New plan won’t impact most drilling

US Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, called on the federal courts to allow Wyoming to protect its grouse in its own way. “The BLM decision includes protection ...

Source: Gillette News Record, WY
08/14/08
Dems see health care problems

The Democratic winner between Goodenough and Carter will face incumbent Republican Sen. John Barrasso, a physician from Casper, in the general election in ...

Source: Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY
08/14/08
Dems see health care problems

Improving health care is the second biggest issue for Keith Goodenough, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, right behind doing away with special interest money in Washington, D.C. "People are dying because of the health care in this country, and

08/13/08
Candidates focus on alternative energy

Alternative sources of energy and conservation efforts will play a large role in reducing fuel prices and fixing the current energy crisis, two Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate said in separate interviews. One of candidate Nick Carter's major

08/13/08
Senate candidate pays visit to Torrington

Carter and Keith Goodenough, a former state senator, are running on the Democratic ticket, opposing Sen. John Barrasso (R) in the November election.

Source: The Torrington Telegram, WY
08/12/08
Senate panel holds up judgeship nomination

Mike Enzi and John Barrasso urged leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to move the nomination. They noted that Honaker has bipartisan support in ...

Source: Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY
08/12/08
Cashing in on Wyoming Wind

According to Gregory Keeley, a spokesman for US Sen. John Barrasso, the Department of Energy already has legislation in place that allows it to facilitate ...

Source: Planet Jackson Hole, WY
08/11/08
Senate panel holds up judgeship nomination

WASHINGTON -- Wyoming's Richard Honaker may never become a federal judge. The Rock Springs lawyer was first nominated by President Bush to become a U.S. district judge 17 months ago, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has held up his confirmation as

08/09/08
Democratic Senate hopefuls debate credentials

John Barrasso, who's unopposed in his party's primary. The winner of the general election in November will fill the remaining four years of the late Sen. ...

Source: Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY
08/08/08
Wyo. Democrats vie to challenge US senators

Incumbent Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso are both running. Barrasso was appointed to his seat after the death of Senator Craig Thomas. ...

Source: LocalNews8.com, ID
08/08/08
Democrats face uphill races for Senate seats

On the Republican side, Enzi, an accountant and former mayor of Gillette, and Sen. John Barrasso, a doctor from Casper, are unchallenged in their primary ...

Source: Billings Gazette,  USA
08/08/08
Billionaire Charles Koch plays politics, but out of public eye

It has given nothing to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee. But Koch has donated generously to several Republican committees, ...

Source: Muckety, NY
08/07/08
Paddleford remembered

Dave Freudenthal and US Sen. John Barrasso, paid tribute to Teton County Commissioner Bill Paddleford on Wednesday, remembering him as a leader with a sense ...

Source: Jackson Hole News, WY
08/07/08
Little Pieces of Politics, Some Obscure, Lure Collectors

... owning items from every current senator but two. (Senators David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, and John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, are missing. ...

Source: New York Times, United States
08/06/08
6 interested in open school trustee seat

The open seat stems from former Trustee Barbara Dilts’ departure on July 14 to pursue a job opportunity with US Sen. John Barrasso’s office in Cheyenne. ...

Source: Gillette News Record, WY
08/06/08
Democratic Senate hopefuls debate credentials

John Barrasso, who's unopposed in his party's primary. The winner of the general election in November will fill the remaining four years of the late Sen. ...

Source: Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY
08/06/08
Democratic Senate hopefuls debate credentials

CHEYENNE -- A debate Monday night between Democratic hopefuls for the U.S. Senate covered topics ranging from the candidates' party credentials to a national energy policy and campaign spending. Nick Carter, a defense attorney from Gillette, and Keith

08/06/08
Washington, DC hopefuls debate issues in Riverton

Both are hoping to take the seat of Sen. John Barrasso, who was appointed by Gov. Dave Freudenthal after Sen. Craig Thomas passed away in 2007. ...

Source: The Torrington Telegram, WY
08/05/08
US Senate anti-speculation bill stalls

Republican senator John Barrasso has cautioned against overly aggressive legislation that is aimed at preventing manipulation. A spokesperson for Barrasso ...

Source: Futures Options Week, UK
08/03/08
Mercury bill eased for coal

By STEVE MCMANAMEN, News-Record Writer smcmanamen@gillettenewsrecord.net US Sen. John Barrasso said he was successful in adding two amendments to the ...

Source: Gillette News Record, WY
07/31/08
Two apply for school trustee seat

School trustees are looking to fill the position vacated in mid-July by Barbara Dilts when she went to work for US Sen. John Barrasso in Cheyenne. ...

Source: Gillette News Record, WY
07/30/08
Western Medical letter threatens to stop accepting Medicare patients

US Sen. John Barrasso, who along with US Sen. Mike Enzi, both Wyoming Republicans, voted against the bill, told the Casper Journal that Congress will do ...

Source: Casper Journal, WY
07/30/08
Wyoming senators keep Stevens cash

... 6:15 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Wyoming's two senators, John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, are holding on to campaign cash donated by indicted Republican Sen. ...

Source: LocalNews8.com, ID
07/26/08
Prediction wolves will become inbred sways judge's decision to ...

John Barrasso said. Sen. Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced the Gray Wolf Livestock Mitigation Act in April, which is still awaiting ...

Source: Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY
07/25/08
Silly Rankings Tab Obama ‘Most Liberal’ Senator

The only other unrated senators are Craig Thomas of Wyoming, who passed away in 2007; John Barrasso, who replaced Thomas mid-term; and Tim Johnson of South ...

Source: North Star Writers Group, MI
07/25/08
Experts huff, puff and blow hot air

The best that wolf antagonists are able to hope for is that the bill Sen. John Barrasso is presenting to the Senate will pass. It won't. ...

Source: Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY
07/23/08
Paws off the gray wolf for Wyoming Game and Fish

The injunction has come under fire from Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, who characterized Malloy as an activist responding to pressure from environmentalist ...

Source: The Torrington Telegram, WY
07/23/08
Barrasso asks for AML money “with no strings attached”

US Senator John Barrasso is pressing the Administration to abandon its plan to tie $580 million in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) funds owed Wyoming to a grant ...

Source: Little Chicago Review, IL

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Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6441
Fax: 202-224-1724

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