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.
Just a quick note on the Employee Free Choice Act, which is the latest big-ticket, contentious item to be making its way through Congress. The latest news is the reported promise by the AFL-CIO to U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter to back his re-election bid if he votes for the bill.
The piece of legislation has fewer co-sponsors than it did last time it was introduced overall, but more support within New Mexico.
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as card-check, was introduced with 223 co-sponsors in the House and 40 in the Senate. That is less support than it attracted in the last Congress, even though Democrats now hold more seats in both chambers. In 2007, EFCA had 230 co-sponsors on its day of introduction in the House and 46 in the Senate.
In New Mexico, however, four of the five members of the delegation are backing the bill. The lone non-co-sponsor is Sen. Jeff Bingaman. Bingaman, however, not only voted for the bill, but was a co-sponsor in the 110th Congress. When the bill came to the Senate floor for a vote, it failed a cloture vote by a 51-38 margin with 60 votes needed to end debate.
