Bingaman

At a town hall meeting about health care reform yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman said he thought Congress should consider specifying that contraception be included in future benefit packages.
At the meeting sponsored by New Mexico First, participant Ozawa Bineshi Albert asked Bingaman to address not just abortion but the entire spectrum of women’s reproductive health.

New Mexico will lose decades of experience and seniority in the U.S. House and Senate when the new Congress convenes next month, posing great challenges for the new delegation tasked with protecting the state’s interests in Washington.

Don’t expect action on a federal plan to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions for at least a year, says Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the Silver City Democrat who chairs the Senate Energy Committee.
His statement, issued at a climate conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and reported by The Associated Press, may conflict with the stated goals of President-elect [...]