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Bingaman’s Energy Committee to Question Interior Sec. on Gulf Spill
Last week, executives from BP, Transocean and Halliburton got grilled by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Today, it’s the Interior Department’s turn. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a New... Read more »
UPDATED: NY Times Analyzes Difference Between N.M., Ariz. on Immigration
My eagle-eyed colleagues on the Journal graphics desk have informed me that the map of New Mexico packaged with this immigration analysis seems to have Albuquerque in a rather strange... Read more »
Bingaman, Udall Set to Grill BP Officials Over Gulf Oil Spill
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a hearing Tuesday morning to question BP oil executives on the Gulf oil spill disaster –... Read more »
Udall Questions Feds on Mexican Drug Violence
Sen. Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, quizzed a panel of federal authorities Wednesday about their work combating Mexican drug violence. Udall,... Read more »
Tavis Smiley Challenges Bill Richardson on Politics of Arizona Immigration Law
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley took New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to task this week for calling Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Sen. John McCain “nice people” in spite... Read more »
Scenes from the White House Correspondents Dinner/Weekend
After 10 years in Washington, they finally let me in to the White House Correspondents Dinner. It was just as ridiculous – and as fun – as I expected. ... Read more »
David Iglesias heads to Gitmo as Part of Pentagon Prosecution Team
David Iglesias is back working at least part time for the federal government — this time prosecuting a Canadian teenager charged with killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Of... Read more »
NM Delegation Wants to Name Interior Bldg. After Stewart Udall
The U.S. Department of Interior would be named after the late Stewart Udall under a bill introduced Thursday by members of the New Mexico congressional delegation. Udall, the father... Read more »
Ken Gonzales’ U.S. Atty. Nomination Clears Judiciary Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Kenneth J. Gonzales to become New Mexico’s next U.S. attorney. Gonzales, a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in... Read more »
Udall Bill Would Expand Radiation Exposure Recovery Act
More people who mined uranium for the U.S. government during the Cold War or lived near nuclear testing sites could qualify for federal compensation for illness under a bill introduced... Read more »
Udall Featured in New CQ Analysis of “The Broken Senate”
Sen. Tom Udall’s attempt to have the Senate consider revising its parliamentary rules is featured prominently in a new Congressional Quarterly online feature. Earlier this year, the New Mexico... Read more »
Bingaman on Charlie Rose show, at White House for Bill Signing
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a key architect of the Senate health bill that Obama is signing into law today, was at the White House for the bill signing ceremony. The... Read more »
