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.
Two public option amendments offered by Sens. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., failed in the Senate Finance Committee because of unanimous opposition by Republicans and some opposition by Democratic senators. New Mexico’s Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-Silver City, voted for both amendments.
The Rockefeller amendment, considered the more robust of the two options, went down in a 15-8 vote.
The five Democrats who voted against the bill were Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Tom Carper, D-Dela., Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.
The Schumer amendment failed in a 13-10 vote, with Baucus, Conrad and Lincoln voting with the Republicans against the amendment.
A version of a health care reform bill including the public option passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee earlier this year. Bingaman also sits on that committee and voted for that bill.
