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Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and has strong ties to both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. | Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and has strong ties to both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. | ||
| − | In 1991 he founded and until 1999 was the Chair and CEO of [[Barbour Griffith & Rogers]]. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the [[Interpublic Group of Companies]] in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company. [http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7713777.htm] | + | In 1991 he founded and, until 1999, was the Chair and CEO of [[Barbour Griffith & Rogers]]. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the [[Interpublic Group of Companies]] in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company. [http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7713777.htm] |
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| + | "In 2000 Haley chaired the Bush for President Campaign Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush’s National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999," a biographical note states. [http://www.haleybarbour.com/Biography.htm] | ||
==Barbour on climate change== | ==Barbour on climate change== | ||
Revision as of 05:49, 2 September 2005
Haley Barbour is the Republican governor of Mississippi.
Barbour won the Mississippi gubernatorial election on November 4, 2003 in part on a pledge to keep Mississippi's state flag design intact, which contains a miniature representation of the Confederate battle flag. [1] While campaigning, he also appeared at a fund-raiser sponsored by the Conservative Citizen's Council. The CCC is a modern-day version of the White Citizen's Councils that fought racial integration throughout the South in the 1950s and 60s. [2]
Since his election Barbour has championed tort reform, which he describes on his website as a "fight against lawsuit abuse", through the passage of the Tort Reform Act of 2004.
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Barbour's background
Barbour was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years during the term of President Ronald Reagan. [3]
Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the Republican National Committee and has strong ties to both George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
In 1991 he founded and, until 1999, was the Chair and CEO of Barbour Griffith & Rogers. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the Interpublic Group of Companies in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company. [4]
"In 2000 Haley chaired the Bush for President Campaign Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush’s National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999," a biographical note states. [5]
Barbour on climate change
In Ausgust 2001 Judy Pasternak reported in the Los Angeles Times that while working as a lobbyist for electiricty generators on March 1, 2001 Barbour wrote to Dick Cheney urging the administration to reverse its promise to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
"A moment of truth is arriving," Barbour wrote. "Clinton-Gore policies meant less energy and more expensive energy. Most Americans thought Bush-Cheney would mean more energy, and more affordable energy," he wrote. [6]
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Barbours other websites
Comments on Hurricane Katrina
- "Governor Haley Barbour and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran", MEMA Press Conference, August 31, 2005.
Articles
- "Governor Haley Barbour", Governor Barbour.com, accessed September 2005.
- Judy Pasternak, "Going Backwards: Bush's Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout Cheney-led task force consulted extensively with corporate executives. Its findings boosted their interests. Environmental groups had little voice", Common Dreams, August 26, 2001. (Originally published in the Los Angeles Times).
- Bill Moyers and David Brancaccio, 'Now with Bill Moyers", 'Now', July 16, 2004.
- Wayne Slater, "Energy Firms Buy Bush Favors, Critics Say", Common Dreams, August 30, 2004. (Originally published in the Dallas Morning News).
- Michael Tomasky, "The Domestic Bolton: Opposition to the UN nominee has centered on his international record. But it’s his history as a party hack that’s the real story", American Prospect, March 21, 2005.
