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 U.S. Senate, early in the morning in a snowy Washington D.C., passed a vote on cloture over the health care reform bill. The vote to limit debate passed on a 60-40 vote, the smallest margin possible for successfully limiting…
Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean said Monday that it is time to kill the U.S. Senate health care bill and start over — and he used the “r” word. Reconciliation.
The liberal Democrat, who previously served as…
A new report by the National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP) showed that significant money was spent by health interests to pass a constitutional amendment in 14 states, including New Mexico, which would allow the state to…
Democrats will likely strip the Medicare buy-in from the health care reform bill, various news outlets reported Monday night. The Medicare buy-in proposal would allow those from 55 to 64 to purchase Medicare coverage.
Senator Tom Udall, D-N.M., joined in with ten other Senate Democrats to introduce a package of amendments designed to “encourage innovation and lower costs” in the health care reform bill currently being debated in the Senate.
The U.S. Senate appears to have reached a deal, although the New York Times reported that the agreement isn’t final, according to officials who could not speak on the record. The AP wrote that the officials said “Democrats had…
The U.S. Senate today voted to table an anti-abortion amendment introduced by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. The amendment would have put severe restrictions on abortion funding in the health care reform bill that is currently making its way through…
In an apparent attempt to pacify progressives, the Senate is looking into the possibility of lowering the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 55, the Huffington Post is reporting.
Former U.S. Representative Steve Pearce was in Alamogordo Saturday, campaigning at a Young Republicans meeting. Pearce is running for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District against incumbent Democrat Harry Teague.
While talking about health care reform, Pearce made some comments that…
The Senate worked through the weekend on health care reform, so here’s a quick recap of what they got done during that time. The answer is, actually, not all that much.
Senate Democrats are growing weary of obstruction and delaying tactics by the Republicans on the health care reform bill that Democrats hope to pass by the end of the year, Talking Points Memo reports.
The Senate and the House are back in session and the topic of discussion is mostly on two fronts, health care reform and Afghanistan. However, a new study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), showing that the stimulus program has…
Last week, Politifact looked at the claim by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, that the Senate version of health care reform is longer than War and Peace. The claim was “barely true,” found Politifact, a Pulitzer-prize winning fact-checking Web site from…
The U.S. Senate introduced its version of health care reform Thursday night. Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that he expects the battle over health care reform will be a long one.
“We all know that this legislation is tremendously…
Expect for the Senate health care reform bill to be a big topic in Congressional Roundups for the foreseeable future — especially with the news that the Congressional Budget Office scored the Senate version of health care reform.
The…
After hours of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of a bill designed to reform the health care system. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote with one Republican voting for the bill. Thirty nine Democrats, including…
Congressman Ben Ray Luján sent out a press release today highlighting the more than 40 events he’s attended throughout his district, to listen to his constituents’ thoughts on health care reform.
Luján has said many times that he favors a…
Congressman Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., was on New Mexico news station KRQE about health care reform this morning, saying he believes the bill has been improved after the August recess. “One of the biggest improvements to the bill, and…
The health care reform bill that was recently introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives “would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $104 billion over the 2010–2019 period” if enacted, the Director’s blog at the…
Much of the news coming out of Washington D.C. today is, unsurprisingly, about health care reform, after the House version of health care reform was unveiled this morning. Two of the three Representatives from New Mexico issued press releases talking…
