A staffer for Congressman Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., will meet with anti-gay marriage activist Bob King according to the Washington D.C. blog DCist.com. The Washington D.C. city council voted to approve gay marriage earlier this month and King is a part of Stand4Marriage, a conservative Christian group which opposes [...]
Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01) announced his “Holiday Cards for Our Troops” program in a statement released by his office. Congressman Heinrich is collecting cards for service members recovering from injuries and stationed away from their families this holiday season. He will then hand-deliver the cards [...]
Today, Congressman Harry Teague (NM-02) introduced legislation that would make algae-based biofuels eligible for the same tax incentives available for cellulosic biofuels such as ethanol. H.R. 4168, the Algae-based Renewable Fuel Promotion Act, expands the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae for the cellulosic biofuel producer credit, [...]
Congressman Harry Teague has introduced a bill to end the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) that passed last year — and use the remaining money to pay down the national debt.
“I opposed the bailout because it did more for Wall Street than it did for Main Street,” said Teague. [...]
"I opposed the bailout because it did more for Wall Street than it did for Main Street," said Teague. "We" [...]
A new iPhone app allows users to shake the bobbly-jeebus out of their Congressional representatives. “Bobble Rep” features full contact information, as well as caricatures of all 540 members of Congress; when you shake the phone, their heads bounce…not quite like a real bobblehead, but well, close enough.
Paul Schmelzer, [...]
Videos and excerpts of their prepared remarks are below, the full transcripts are below the fold.
Congressman Heinrich:Across our state, we [...]
You can see the video to [...]
Vice President Joe Biden appeared in Albuquerque for a fundraiser for potentially vulnerable Democratic Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague on Monday. Congressman Ben Ray Lujan was in attendance but was not a focus of the fundraising.
Biden spoke for a little more than half an hour at [...]
Biden spoke for a little more than half an hour according to a [...]
I recommend reading the whole thing, but here's an excerpt:But in today's vicious news cycle, lies take on lives of their own on Web sites, blogs and e-mail [...]
"Military issues are always done as part of the overall authorization bill," Frank said, insisting that this has [...]
Spoiler alert: Barela basically touts the GOP party line, where he says that tort reform (which most likely wouldn't cut health' [...]
Congressman Martin Heinrich is among the “endangered Democratic Members” of Congress who are receiving thanks from Health Care for America Now and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), according to Roll Call. Heinrich is among 20 members of Congress who voted for the bill and will [...]
Heinrich is among 20 members of Congress who voted for the bill [...]
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 New Mexico Congressman Harry Teague, voted against the bill
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New Mexico Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan voted for the bill while Congressman Harry Teague voted against the bill.
One Republican, Joseph Cao of Louisiana, voted for the bill.
The bill will now head to the U.S. Senate.
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Here's the video:
"Six principles have guided my work here and determined my vote on this legislation: health insurance reform must create stability, contain" [...]
