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 Gang of Six met Tuesday to look over a health care reform bill pending in the Senate Finance Committee, and even though the bill does not include a public option, Sen. Jeff Bingaman says he will support it, according to Politico.
“If it is as I expect it to be, it is clearly a bill I could support,” Bingaman said.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the bill does not currently include a provision for a public option, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller has said that he will not vote for the Baucus bill for that reason.
Iin the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, Bingaman voted for a bill containing the public option. It passed (pdf) two months ago, on July 15.
Bingaman’s website still says, “I strongly support a public option.”
And in Monday’s Albuquerque Journal:
Bingaman said Sunday he still “strongly” supports a public option, “but it’s unclear at this point whether it — or perhaps some other proposal — will end up in the bill.”As this bill takes clearer shape in the coming weeks and months, it’s my hope that New Mexicans’ support for it grows,” Bingaman said.
