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.
Echoing sentiments expressed by U.S. House Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., last week, more than 49 percent of the shareholders of an oil and gas company working in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin and the Permian Basin of West Texas recently asked for more transparency in hydraulic fracturing operations.
New Mexico Representatives Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján were in attendance as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sent the Pigford and Cobell settlements to President Barack Obama after the bills passed both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. The bill included a $3.4 billion settlement for Native American trust account holders and a $1.15 billion for black farmers.
Eight out of every 10 tea party supporters identify as Republicans and more than half say they are conservative Republicans, according to a series of national polls from Gallup.
“Their similar ideological makeup and views suggest that the Tea…
While the National Rifle Association’s campaign advertising disclosure exemption looked like it may have paved the way for the passage of the DISCLOSE Act, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and 44 other groups (mostly liberal) have sent…
A man was arrested Wednesday for threatening the life of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the FBI announced. The man was apparently angry about health care reform. Yesterday, a man was arrested for making death threats against…
The U.S. House of Representative’s version of health care reform was unveiled today in Washington D.C. by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., The release of the bill, which does not include the most “robust” public option with…
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to introduce a health care reform bill on Thursday, the Washington Post says. The bill will include a public option, as many had expected.
According to the Pew Research Center, the health care debate was the number one news story of the week, at least when it comes to media coverage (though, in what may be a sad testament to the state of…
Martin Heinrich was one of 49 signatories on a letter (pdf) to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., asking them to include a public option provision in any health care reform bill…
New Mexico’s U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, both Democrats, have high approval ratings in the latest Albuquerque Journal poll. Bingaman has an approval rating of 61 percent and a disapproval rating of 21 percent, while Udall has…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have both asserted that health care reform legislation will pass this year, the AP reports. Both cited the address to a joint session of Congress…
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said there would be no vote on the health care reform bill before the Senate goes home for August recess. Now, the same can be said in the House as well, according to…
The fact is, our government cannot go on spending money at the rate it has been. Politicians of both parties have in the past defended deficit spending because, “We can grow our way out of the deficit.” Oh, really? So what happens when the economy contracts — as it is doing now — instead of expands?
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will vote on a climate bill by Friday, the Dow Jones Newswires reported Monday evening.
According to Roll Call (subscription required), Congressman Martin Heinrich was with some Congressional heavy hitters — and former White House adviser Karl Rove was caught on the outside looking in.
According to Roll Call, the “Dem glitterati were…
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting freshman Democratic Congressman Harry Teague with a radio ad (mp3) that accuses Teague of covering for the House Majority Leader.
U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich got a mention in a Politico article as one of many freshman representatives doing something that seems increasingly rare in Washington, D.C. — reaching across the aisle.
The three members of New Mexico’s U.S. House delegation sent a letter to House and Senate leaders from both parties urging the restoration of education money to the economic stimulus package. The Senate’s newly passed version took out much of…
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly against releasing the second $350 billion of the Trouble Assets Relief Program, or TARP. The vote was 270-155, with the House leadership on the losing side of the vote.
All three New Mexico congressmen…
Many Washington politicos have spent the last two weeks putting politics above solving the nation’s financial crisis. In doing so, they have provided the quintessential example of why Americans are so fed up with Washington.
