Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01) was gracious enough to call me today to discuss his views about last night's speech on Afghanistan by President Obama. We exchanged some back and forth about the President's strategy, and what comes next.
Bottom line: Rep. Heinrich believes the President made a step in the [...]
Update 2: See my later post that recaps a phone conversation I had with Rep. Martin Heinrich about his take on the Afghanistan speech.
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Update 1: Despite asking Rep. Martin Heinrich's office for a statement, I haven't gotten a response yet. He said something positive about Obama's plan to' [...]
U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich and his son Micah visit with 102-year-old Blanche BarneyYesterday, Representatives Martin Heinrich, Ben Ray Luján and Harry Teague remembered New Mexico Governor Bruce King in speeches on the House floor. Governor King, a former three term governor, passed away on November 13, 2009 at the age of 85.
To read Rep Heinrich’s remarks, click here. To read Rep Luján’s [...]
Rep. Heinrich with Second Lady Jill Biden at the first
“USO Care Package for Women” party,
at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill.
Yesterday, Rep. Martin Heinrich joined Second Lady Jill Biden and the United Service Organizations (USO) for a care package stuffing event to honor [...]
You can see the video to [...]
Update: I've added the video above of Rep. Heinrich's statement at the committee meeting.
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Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01) announced that the House Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands will hold a legislative hearing at Noon MST today on H.R. 3339, a bill to permanently reauthorize the [...]
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 [...]
Vice President Joe Biden spoke for 35 minutes Monday at a fundraiser luncheon for first-term Democratic Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague at the Hotel Albuquerque, according to a print pool account distributed by the White House.
Biden told about 100 people who paid $1,000 apiece to attend the luncheon [...]
The three U.S. House of Representatives from Mew Mexico, including Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01), Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03), and Rep. Harry Teague (NM-02), will be at the Hotel Albuquerque on November 14 as the keynote guests for a Labor Leaders Forum sponsored by the Laborers' International Union of North' [...]
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 [...]
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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Update: Here are statements released about tonight's vote by Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (pdf) and Rep. Martin Heinrich (pdf).
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In an historic vote that ended at 11:14 PM Eastern Time, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962 by a margin of 220-215. Every Republican except one' [...]
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" [...]
We'll start off with this invitation to the Nov. 16 ABQ fund-raising lunch Vice-President Joe Biden will host on behalf of NM Dem US Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague. Lunch is going for $1,000 a pop at the Hotel Andaluz downtown. That is' [...]
Congressmen Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luj?n were on hand with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for a meeting with tribal leaders talking about the inclusion of the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) being [...] There is so much going on in Washington with New Mexico's Congressional delegation that it's hard to keep up. And that's a very good thing. This morning, U.S. Representatives Martin Heinrich (NM-01) and Ben Ray Luján (NM-03) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members [...]
Last week, Congressman Harry Teague (NM-02) lead a group of 30 House members, including Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-01) and Rep. Ben Ray Luján (NM-03), in sending a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lisa Jackson calling for more [...]
"Tying reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to the" [...]
Congressman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., objected to including a renewal of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) legislation today. This is a proposal that Congressman Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., fought to have included in the final health care bill.
“Tying reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to [...]