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Stimulus Agreement-New Mexico Reaction Pending
That was fast: As you may have heard, House and Senate negotiators reached agreement a few hours ago on a final economic stimulus package. It came as a bit... Read more »
New Mexico House Members Urge Replacement of School Money in Stimulus
New Mexico’s U.S. House members just jumped back into the scrum over the economic stimulus plan, jointly urging that House-Senate negotiators replace some $20 billion that the Senate slashed for... Read more »
GOP Tags Val Kilmer as “Wannabe” Gov., Calls Him Out on Vietnam Vet Comments
The Republican Party of New Mexico must be taking Val Kilmer’s flirtation with a gubernatorial run seriously. The state GOP just issued a statement blasting the actor for using the... Read more »
Udall Military Employment Incentive Added to Stimulus
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has introduced his first amendment to a Senate bill and it passed. Watch a brief video of Sen. Udall’s floor speech here. The measure, added to... Read more »
Rep. Martin Heinrich Rides the Subway
I’m certain he’s not the first member of Congress to take the subway, but Rep. Martin Heinrich proved last night that he’s really committed to it. The new congressman from... Read more »
Is Domenici Facing Grand Jury Probe?
A national investigative blog is reporting that Sen. Pete Domenici is under a federal grand jury investigation for his role in the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias.The Talking... Read more »
UPDATED: Daschle Withdraws Nomination
Earlier today (before Daschle’s withdrawal): Bingaman Defends Tom Daschle on Tax Problem If former Sen. Tom Daschle’s nomination as Health and Human Services Secretary goes down in flames, it won’t... Read more »
Udall About to Give “Maiden” Speech in Senate
Sen. Tom Udall is about to give his first-ever speech on the floor of the Senate. It’s called a “maiden” speech and because it is his first floor speech, he... Read more »
Obama Considers Republican Sen. Judd Gregg for Commerce Secretary
The job that Gov. Bill Richardson had – then lost – now looks like it might go to Judd Gregg, a Republican senator from New Hampshire. If so, it... Read more »
Senate OKs S-CHIP/Additional Health Insurance for Thousands of NM Kids
The Senate late Thursday passes a new version of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. If the bill is successfully negotiated with the House and signed into law by President... Read more »
Obama: Washington Needs to Get Snow Tough
Having attended high school in Pittsburgh, where they virtually never closed schools for snow, I’ve always been amused by the panic a little snow sets off in Washington. School closures,... Read more »
New Mexico and the Stimulus: Specific Numbers
New Mexico’s U.S. House delegation just sent out a notice detailing New Mexico-related spending proposed in the $825 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. The Journal will have more on... Read more »
