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 Congressional Budget Office today released its long awaited score on a health care reform bill that is in front of Congress. The score ended up being a boost for supporters of the bill, as the CBO predicted the effort would cut $1.3 trillion from the deficit over 20 years and cover 95 percent of Americans. Over 10 years, the bill would save $138 billion.
While signing a jobs bill in the Rose Garden today, President Barack Obama mentioned the CBO score, MSNBC reported:
“That makes this legislation the most significant effort to reduce deficits since the Balanced Budget Act in the 1990s,” Obama said during a Rose Garden signing ceremony for a jobs bill. “This is but one virtue of a reform that will bring new accountability to the insurance industry and greater economic security for all Americans, so I urge every member of Congress to consider this as they prepare for their important vote this weekend.”
“I’m encouraged by the Congressional Budget Office’s report that health insurance reform will significantly reduce the federal deficit,” Rep. Ben Ray Luján said in a release Thursday. “Health insurance reform is fiscally responsible, and it will take on health insurance companies, provide more choices and make health insurance more secure and affordable for families and small businesses.”
“Each of us faces a question about whose side we are on today,” Rep. Martin Heinrich said earlier today on the House floor. “Will we continue to protect the insurance companies or will we stand up for the American people?”
But the man everyone’s watching is Rep. Harry Teague. Teague, who represents New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, voted against a previous version of health care reform and is currently undecided on the current version of health care reform, a Teague spokeswoman told The Independent yesterday.
The Independent will update this post as statements as we receive statements from members of the New Mexico Congressional delegation.
The CBO report is embedded below:
