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Inauguration Celebrated With New Mexico Style
New Mexicans who live and work in Washington, D.C. — and some who made the trip for the weeken ...
Everything You Need to Know About the N.M. State Society Ball in D.C.
New Mexicans who live and work in Washington – and others who traveled to D.C. for the weekend – are getting ready for a big Saturday night in the nation’s... Read more »
New Mexico Delegation Reacts to Obama Gun Proposals
We asked the New Mexico congressional delegation to respond to the president’s just-announced proposals to help reduce gun violence. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan praised the proposal... Read more »
President Obama Signs Katie’s Law, Burn Pit Registry Bills
President Obama today signed two pieces of legislation with New Mexico origins – a bill that would allow for enhanced DNA collection at crimes scenes and another that would establish... Read more »
Rep. Steve Pearce Votes Against Boehner for Speaker
New Mexico’s only Republican member of Congress voted against House Speaker John Boehner today, casting his vote for House Majority Whip Eric Cantor instead. Boehner retained his speaker’s gavel despite... Read more »
Domenici Salutes Sen. Daniel Inouye Upon Hearing News of His Death
Former Sen. Pete Domenici, a Republican, just released a statement praising Sen. Dan Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat who died today after a battle with respiratory illness. Domenici and Inouye served... Read more »
Sen. Bingaman Teaches Stephen Colbert How to be a Senator
Sen. Jeff Bingaman is expected to appear on a segment of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report” tonight to instruct Stephen Colbert, a write-in candidate for South Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat,... Read more »
Sen. Tom Udall Lands Coveted Senate Appropriations Committee Seat
New Mexico won’t have the most senior delegation when the 113th Congress convenes early next year, but it will have a seat on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. Tom... Read more »
Wyden on Bingaman: Senate “Less Thoughtful and Less Informed” Without N.M. Senator
Sen. Jeff Bingaman chaired a Senate committee hearing for the final time this morning, prompting Sen. Ron Wyden to lament that the upper chamber of Congress will be “less thoughtful... Read more »
Sen. Harry Reid Vows to Change Senate Rules
Senate Majority Leader today confirmed that he will move to change the Senate’s rules and blunt the impact of the filibuster in the next Congress, an effort spearheaded by Sen.... Read more »
New Mexico Delegation Talks Pot Policy
When Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto met with President Obama in the Oval Office last we ...
Sportsmen Produce Video Honoring Sen. Bingaman’s Public Lands Legacy
The New Mexico Wildlife Federation and Trout Unlimited have released a video tribute to retiring Sen. Jeff Bingaman that explores the Democrat’s commitment to land conservation. The 8-minute video includes... Read more »
