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STATE/NATIONAL
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Denton Record-Chronicle
Friday, December 1, 2017
Rep. Joe Barton to retire after revelations
vice chairman of the House
Committee on Energy and
Commerce and manages the
Republican team that was prac-
ticing for a charity congressional
baseball game in June when a
gunman opened fire, seriously
wounding one congressman.
He’s a member of the Free-
dom Caucus, a group known for
sometimes clashing with Re-
publican leadership on conser-
vative issues.
Barton was the only Texas
congressional Republican to
say he would support a pro-
posed immigration package
that would provide protections
for immigrants who were
brought to the U.S. illegally as
children.
If approved, that could be an
alternative to the Obama ad-
ministration’s Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals program
that President Donald Trump
says he will do away with.
es. Now twice-divorced, Barton
was still married to his second
wife at the time of their online
exchanges.
Canon said her relationship
with Barton never advanced be-
yond the messages.
She said Barton hadn’t apol-
ogized for them and that she
hadn’t asked him to — but she
also called on him to resign so
that his private life couldn’t be
used against him and other Re-
publicans during 2018 congres-
sional elections.
In announcing that he would
retire next year, Barton made no
mention of the embarrassing
revelations.
“I am very proud of my public
record and the many accom-
plishments of my office,” he said
in a statement. “Now is time to
step aside and let there be a new
voice.”
Though his seat remains
safely Republican, Barton this
week had drawn a little-known
challenger for Texas’ March pri-
mary and could have faced oth-
ers. Immediately after his retire-
ment announcement, Texas Re-
publicans began lining up to re-
place him.
Before Barton decided to re-
tire, political pressure on him to
quit had increased. The Repub-
lican Party chairman in his
North Texas home county of
Tarrant called on him to step
aside this week and began being
joined by Republican members
of the Texas state Senate.
A former oil and gas consul-
tant, Barton was first elected to
Congress in 1984 and his retire-
ment now means a whopping
seven of the state’s 36 members
of Congress aren’t seeking re-
election. All but two of those
open seats are Republican.
Barton, who is from Ennis, is
By Will Weissert
Associated Press
AUSTIN - Republican U.S.
Rep. Joe Barton, Texas’ most se-
nior member of Congress, an-
nounced Thursday that he won’t
seek re-election after a naked
photo of him circulated online
and a conservative activist re-
leased past messages of a sexual
nature from him.
The photo of the 68-year-old
Barton was posted on an anony-
mous Twitter account just be-
fore Thanksgiving and Barton
apologized. But he also suggest-
ed he could be the victim of on-
line exploitation by a woman
he’d had a relationship with
whose name has not been re-
leased.
About a week later, tea party
organizer Kelly Canon revealed
Facebook Messenger exchanges
from 2012 in which Barton
asked if she was wearing panties
and made other sexual referenc-
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Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, seen in 2010 in Washington, an-
nounced Thursday he won’t seek re-election after a nude pho-
to of him circulated online.
after Barton’s announcement.
“I am very relieved that we do “It would have been a feeding
not have to fight that battle,” the frenzy and it would have affect-
tea party activist said by phone ed so many other races.”
his senses.’
Canon said she was happy
that Barton had “finally came to
Senate eyes tax bill changes
By Marcy Gordon
and Stephen Ohlemacher
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Senate
Republicans weighed scaling
back the tax cuts in their massive
package to secure crucial sup-
port as congressional analysts
said Thursday the legislation
would add $1 trillion to the na-
tion’s debt over the next decade.
Republicans were making
major changes to the bill up to
the last minute, including one
that would roll back some of the
tax cuts after six years to appease
deficit hawks. The first revamp
of the tax code in three decades
— atop political priority of Pres-
ident Donald Trump — would
affect nearly every American
and business.
The scramble to alter the bill
came after senators said the
chamber’s parliamentarian had
ruled that automatic “triggers”
designed to guard against big
deficits would violate Senate
rules. GOP leaders’ main con-
cern was winning over lawmak-
ers, including Sens. Bob Corker
of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of
Arizona, concerned about add-
ing more red ink to the deficit.
GOP leaders also were strug-
gling to placate Wisconsin Sen.
Ron Johnson, who wanted an
increase in the deduction for
business income.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had
expressed confidence early in
the day, but he has little margin
for error with a 52-48 majority.
He can afford to lose two votes
while counting on Vice Presi-
dent Mike Pence to break the tie.
Sen. John Comyn, R-Texas,
said the bill will have “alterna-
tive, frankly, tax increases we
don’t want to do” to deal with
deficit concerns. Flake said the
tax increases would raise about
$350 billion over 10 years,
though he didn’t specify which
taxes would go up.
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Country singer Randy Travis attends the announcement of
the Country Music Hall of Fame inductees in Nashville, Tenn.,
in 2016. A federal judge has denied a request by Travis to stop
the state of Texas from releasing footage of him naked and
ranting during a 2012 DUI arrest.
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Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., arrives for votes on Capitol Hill in
Washington on Monday evening.
ture years, regardless of whether
tax revenues meet expectations.
Flake said the tax increases
would take affect after six years.
The overall legislation would
slash the corporate tax rate, offer
more modest cuts for families
and individuals and eliminate
several popular deductions.
Lawmakers will then try to
reconcile the Senate bill with
one passed by the House in the
hope of delivering a major legis-
lative accomplishment to
Trump by Christmas. Republi-
cans have cast passage of a tax
overhaul as a political impera-
tive to ensure they hold their
House and Senate majorities in
next year’s midterm elections.
A new analysis by the non-
partisan Joint Committee on
Taxation found that the bill
would add $1 trillion to the def-
Forced to rewrite the bill be-
hind closed doors, Republican
hopes of passing the bill late
Thursday slipped to Friday.
In a dramatic turn, Demo-
crats forced a vote on whether to
return the measure to the Sen-
ate Finance Committee so it
could be rewritten to ensure
smaller deficits. They nearly
prevailed in derailing the mea-
sure as Corker, Flake and Ron
Johnson of Wisconsin held out
for just over an hour, repeatedly
cajoled by their colleagues. They
eventually joined fellow Repub-
licans to scuttle the Democratic
proposal.
Corker has been pushing to
add automatic tax increases in
future years if the package
doesn’t raise as much revenue as
projected.
With the provision seeming-
ly dead, Corker said senators
would change the bill to roll
back some of the tax cuts in fu-
additional $458 billion in tax
revenue, according to the analy-
sis. That’s far short of the $2 tril-
lion promised by Treasury Sec-
retary Steven Mnuchin.
Two Republican senators,
John McCain of Arizona and li-
sa Murkowski of Alaska, an-
nounced their support for the
tax package Thursday, giving it a
major boost. Both McCain and
Murkowski had voted against
the GOP bill to dismantle the
Obama health care law this past
summer.
Senators were still grappling
with several issues Thursday, in-
cluding a provision to add a de-
duction for local property taxes.
The current Senate bill com-
pletely eliminates the federal de-
duction for state and local taxes,
a popular deduction in the
Democrat-leaning states of New
York, New Jersey, California and
Illinois as well as many wealthy
suburbs nationwide.
[they] have not responded,” he
said.
By Kristin M. Hall
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A
federal judge has denied a re-
quest by country singer Randy
Travis to stop the state of Texas
from releasing footage of him
naked and ranting during a 2012
DUI arrest.
The ruling on a request for a
preliminary injunction issued
Thursday paves the way for the
Texas Department of Public
Safety to release the footage on
Friday, which was requested
through open records requests.
Travis’ family has been in a
long legal battle to stop the re-
lease of the footage that went all
the way to the state Supreme
Court, which denied his peti-
tion. Travis filed a federal lawsuit
in September in Texas arguing
that that the footage should be
considered private under health
record privacy regulations. But
the judge said he did not show a
substantial likelihood of success
on the claims.
Marty Cirkiel, Travis’ attor-
ney based in Round Rock, said
Thursday afternoon he is filing a
motion to the judge to have his
ordered stayed, and then will ap-
peal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals.
‘We have asked the Texas At-
torney General’s Office whether
they will be opposed or unop-
posed to the motion to stay the
order, but as of this discussion
The Country Music Hall of
Fame singer and Grammy win-
ner ushered in a wave of neo-tra-
ditional singers like Alan Jack-
son, Clint Black and Garth
Brooks in the 1990s and had hits
with songs like “Forever And Ev-
er, Amen.” But he suffered a
stroke in 2013 that has left him
with limited ability to speak.
A request was left Thursday
with his publicist to speak to his
wife, Mary Davis-Travis, who al-
so was denied a request by the
federal court to sue on his behalf.
The lawsuit said the footage,
which according to legal records
show him nude and disorientat-
ed and making threats to the of-
ficers, was highly embarrassing
and intimate and inappropriate
to release in light of the fact that
Travis “can no longer speak co-
gently and is not even in the po-
sition to discuss, let alone de-
fend, his previous actions.”
“This case is about the rights
of all Americans to have their
most personal moments that
happen to be videotaped, occur-
ring after a concussion or a
physical injury or a mental
health breakdown, remain pri-
vate where they should be,” Cir-
kiel said.
The Texas attorney general
agreed to redact certain portions
of the footage because he was
nude.
icit.
The tax bill would increase
economic growth, generating an
BRIEFLY
ACROSS THE NATION
index, which is widely followed
by professional investors, had its
biggest monthly gain since Feb-
ruary.
warning black Americans they
could face discrimination when
flying on American.
The alert followed several
high-profile incidents including
one involving an organizer of
January’s Women’s March who
was booted from a flight after a
dispute over her seat.
Dow Jones industrials
breach 24,000
Investors are exuberant and
for good reason: The global
economy is strong, corporate
earnings are solid, Washington
appears closer to delivering low-
er taxes on corporations and is
signaling less restrictive over-
sight of the financial sector.
Thanks to that enthusiasm,
Wall Street finished November
with a broad rally that gave the
Dow Jones industrial average its
biggest gain since March and
pushed it past the 24,000 mark
for the first time.
Other market indicators also
reached milestones on Thurs-
country.
Emily Glickman, a caretaker
at the shelter in Windsor, said by
phone Thursday that her new
owner plans to take her home
Friday.
The adopter claimed the dog,
named Buttermilk, long before
the video went viral.
The Isle ofWight County An-
imal Shelter posted a Facebook
video of the escape attempt
Tuesday, generating more than
70,000 views.
It shows Buttermilk gingerly
climbing a 4-foot cage’s wall be-
fore perching atop it.
Dallas
Airline vows to take
steps against racial bias
Under pressure from the
NAACP, American Airlines is
promising changes in the way it
trains employees and handles
passenger complaints about ra-
cially biased treatment.
The Fort Worth-based air-
line announced the steps Thurs-
day after a meeting between
CEO Doug Parker and NAACP
President Derrick Johnson.
The civil rights group issued
a “travel advisory” in October
Windsor, Va.
Pup caught on video
scaling shelter cage
A video of a beagle at a Vir-
ginia animal shelter scaling her
cage to escape has generated
calls of interest from across the
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