I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) issued a press release today focusing on potentially vulnerable Democrats who voted for the economic stimulus package. Included in the 25 press releases were U.S. Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague.
Both freshman New Mexico Democrats took over for multi-term Republican representatives who ran for U.S. Senate instead of running for re-election.
Last week’s vote, which passed 244-188 despite every Republican voting against the bill, was on the $819 billion stimulus backed by President Barack Obama.
From The Hill:
“Even [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledges that this massive trillion-dollar spending bill is so big and bloated with wasteful spending that it cannot possibly be labeled ‘fiscally responsible,’” Ken Spain, the NRCC’s communications director, said in the statement. “It is becoming increasingly difficult for [this lawmaker] to defend his [or her] vote for a trillion-dollar spending package over delivering actual solutions for struggling middle-class families.”The Republicans have claimed that their competing stimulus package would create more jobs at a cheaper rate. Of course, the Democrats countered that the Republican plan would actually raise taxes for many Americans.
The bill is now awaiting a vote in the Senate.
