Senator John Barrasso

Republican  •  Wyoming  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2007 - 2012

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06/02/12
Help Arc dance the night away

Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.; Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; and Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M.  Currently, 153 countries have signed the disability treaty and 112 have ratified it ...

Source: Austin Daily Herald
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06/02/12
Strike health insurance tax

...recently introduced in the House and Senate to repeal the tax is rapidly gaining momentum. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming have introduced the Jobs and Premium Protection Act, a bipartisan companion to the House bill that has mor

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06/01/12
U.S. Senate primaries set

Emmett Mavy, a management consultant from Alpine, filed Thursday as the second Republican challenger to incumbent U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. University of Wyoming history professor Phil Roberts, who ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for governor in 199

Source: Star-Tribune
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05/31/12
Albany County commissioner enters US Senate race

Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. John Barrasso is being challenged in the Republican primary by former soldier of fortune Thomas Bleming of Lusk. Chesnut tells the Casper Star-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/LKO0HX) that if elected he would work to move ...

Source: RealClearPolitics
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05/30/12
Wyoming county commissioner enters U.S. Senate race

Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is being challenged in the Republican primary by former soldier of fortune Thomas Bleming of Lusk. Chesnut doesn’t fit the mold of a conventional Senate candidate. Despite working two jobs, he needed help from .

Source: Star-Tribune
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05/30/12
Wyoming senator campaigns for Hatch

Orrin Hatch on Wednesday. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., joined Hatch for a series of meetings with energy, farm and business groups, a day after Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, spent Tuesday campaigning with him during the Senate’s Memorial Day recess.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune
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05/30/12
Albany County commissioner running for U.S. Senate

Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is being challenged in the Republican primary by former soldier of fortune Thomas Bleming of Lusk.

Source: Star-Tribune
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05/30/12
Hatch and Wyoming colleague Barrasso to detail effort to repeal health-care law

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Orrin Hatch is in Salt Lake City to discuss his effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. Hatch will be joined by fellow Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming early Wednesday at the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

Source: Republic
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05/30/12
Wyo. GOP Senate candidate posted pro-Nazi material on Facebook

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Tuesday criticized his Republican primary opponent, Thomas Bleming, following news reports that Bleming posted pro-Nazi material online. In recent weeks, Bleming, a former soldier of fortune ...

Source: Ogden Standard-Examiner
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05/30/12
Hatch, Barrasso push repeal for health care law

SALT LAKE CITY -- Sen. Orrin Hatch is in Salt Lake City to discuss his effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. Hatch will be joined by fellow Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming early Wednesday at the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

Source: Ogden Standard-Examiner
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05/30/12
Avoid the 'HIT' to small businesses

Utah's Sen. Orrin Hatch along with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., have introduced the "Jobs and Premium and Protect Act," and bipartisan companion House legislation has more than 141 cosponsors, including Reps. Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz and Jim Matheson.

Source: Deseret News
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05/30/12
Hatch, Barrasso push repeal for health care law

...Lake City to discuss his effort to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. Hatch will be joined by fellow Republican John Barrasso of Wyoming early Wednesday at the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Both senators have introduced legislation t

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05/30/12
Jonathan Capehart: Falling at the pump: gas prices and GOP credibility

...And the harsh attacks and the nonsensical solutions — hello? $2.50 gasoline?! — forced President Obama to respond . By March, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) declared that Obama was "fully responsible for what the American public is paying for gasoline.

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05/29/12
Senate Republicans Request Answers on EPA’s Sackett Comments

Republicans joining Senator Inhofe on this letter include Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), all the Republican members of the Environment and Public Works Committee - Senators David Vitter (R-LA), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jeff Sessions (R-AL ...

Source: Canada Free Press
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05/29/12
Advanced Tax Tactics Course, By Attorney Lee Phillips, Is Now Live

Senator John Barrasso (R WY) said, in an interview on May 20th, that taxes will go up on every American worker, period, on January 1st. “Those who advocate for the rich to pay their fair share, may not be aware of what is coming. Ordinary taxpayers have

Source: YAHOO!
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05/29/12
Barrasso to announce re-election campaign

Sen. John Barrasso is about to announce his bid for re-election. The junior Republican senator from Wyoming has scheduled the announcement for noon Tuesday at the State Capitol in Cheyenne. Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed Barrasso to office in ...

Source: RealClearPolitics
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05/29/12
‘Gang of 6’ member campaigns for Hatch

...is not the only western senator traveling to Utah to campaign for Hatch during the Senate’s week-long Memorial Day recess. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is also scheduled to make appearances for Hatch on Wednesday. Copyright 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune.

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05/28/12
Senate resolution honors cowboys

Mike Enzi and John Barrasso have joined 12 other U.S. senators in introducing ... It is the eighth year the resolution has been introduced. The late Wyoming U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas started the tradition of naming the fourth Saturday in July "National ...

Source: Star-Tribune
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05/28/12
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing Addresses Needs of Native Veterans

In addition to Chairman Akaka’s opening remarks, Vice Chair Sen. John Barrasso (R.-WY) and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) also expressed appreciation for the contributions of Native veterans and voiced concern that Native service members should ...

Source: indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
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05/26/12
Senate resolution honors cowboys

Mike Enzi and John Barrasso have joined 12 other U.S. senators in introducing ... It is the eighth year the resolution has been introduced. The late Wyoming U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas started the tradition of naming the fourth Saturday in July ...

Source: KULR8
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05/24/12
Bipartisan Senate duo seek MTB reforms

Clemons moved after Sen. John Barrasso, R-WY, sponsored an MTB to waive the tariff on certain raw materials used to make carbon acrylic fibers. That would help an Evanston, Wyoming, firm – Carbon Fiber Technology LLC. Clemons’ employer, Toray Carbon ..

Source: Daily Oklahoman
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05/24/12
Bipartisan Senate duo seek MTB reforms

Clemons moved after Sen. John Barrasso, R-WY, sponsored an MTB to waive the tariff on certain raw materials used to make carbon acrylic fibers. That would help an Evanston, Wyoming, firm – Carbon Fiber Technology LLC. Clemons’ employer, Toray Carbon ..

Source: Daily Oklahoman
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05/24/12
Psst, students. Still hope for low-rate student loans, despite Senate balking

...minority leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky (c), flanked by Sen. John Thune (R) of South Dakota (far left) and Sen. John Barrasso (R) of Wyoming (back), speaks on Capitol Hill after a weekly strategy luncheon on May 8 discussing, among other things,

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05/23/12
Senate candidate posts anti-Semitic views, videos on Facebook

The video posted by Bleming, who announced last week that he would challenge incumbent Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) for his seat, appears to use the original script with contemporary images. It also includes images of Jews who have been convicted ...

Source: Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
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05/23/12
Senate candidate posts anti-Semitic views, videos on Facebook

...intent on world domination. The video posted by Bleming, who announced last week that he would challenge incumbent Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) for his seat, appears to use the original script with contemporary images. It also includes images of Jews who

Source: JTA
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05/23/12
McConnell rips Obama ad campaign

...real solutions to problems of health care; not more press releases and propaganda paid for with their tax dollars,” Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso told reporters on Capitol Hill. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said he hopes there’s an “escape clause” in ca

Source: The Politico
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05/22/12
Mitch McConnell rips Obama ad campaign

“The American public want real solutions to problems of health care; not more press releases and propaganda paid for with their tax dollars,” Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso told reporters on Capitol Hill. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said he hopes there’s an

Source: Politico.com
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05/20/12
UW program receives 5-year federal funding

The office of Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso announced the award. The federally funded program helps high school students prepare for college. Students must be either low-income or potential first-generation college graduates to ...

Source: KULR8
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05/20/12
Congress considers helium legislation that could impact Texas Panhandle

...if 30 percent of the world's oil reserves were off limits," he testified. A House version of the bill does not exist. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., one of the bill's sponsors, said the federal government had been selling its helium at below-market prices,

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05/19/12
Former soldier of fortune announces run for U.S. Senate

Bleming, a former soldier of fortune and self-described "anti-government" candidate, is challenging Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in the Republican primary. “My campaign is about total freedom,” he said. “We need to get free of this ...

Source: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
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