Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall announced yesterday that several New Mexico tribal communities will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to improve energy efficiency and public transportation.
“New Mexico communities are putting their share of recovery funds to very good use, and in the process they’re creating [...]
Echoing a blog post from yesterday, Senators Tom Udall, Jeff Bingaman and Rep. Ben Ray Luján, all Democrats, issued a statement today saying that the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, has contingency plans in place in case Congress does not pass the PASS ID legislation. These include extending the [...]
Below is one from Katheryn.
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.
“Months ago, our freshman class decided that we weren’t going to sit [...]
GOP's Steve Pearce: Running for seat he sees as powerless
Get a load of this one. The GOP candidate for Congress in NM-02 is running for a job he has dismissed publicly as a position with no clout. After being overwhelmed by now Senator Tom Udall in [...]
A bill which would extend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) passed the Senate Indian Affairs Committee yesterday and now will head to the Senate floor. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., an original cosponsor of the bill, sits on the Indian Affairs Committee.
Marissa Padilla, a spokeswoman [...]
Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napalitano asking for an extension to the REAL ID Act, which would require new drivers licenses be designed for New Mexico.
New Mexicans would need a passport to travel by plane if New Mexico’s drivers [...]
To the right, you can see a video introducing the new website and going through the features of the updated site.
"It's crucially important to me that New Mexicans be in-the-loop with" [...]
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 St. Petersburg Times.
New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall also thinks [...]
You can see the video to the right and his remarks as prepared for delivery on the Senate floor [...]
Here's video of Sen. Tom Udall's speech on the Senate floor this morning about the health insurance reform bill in the debate leading up to a cloture vote to permit the bill to move forward. You can read his remarks here (pdf).
Senator Udall noted that the vast majority [...]
Senator Jeff Bingaman:
I don't have video of Senator Tom Udall's speech, but his remarks as prepared for delivery are below.
"I rise today to celebrate the'" [...]
Senator Tom Udall took to the Senate floor today to honor former Governor Bruce King, who died last week at the age of 85. The following is the text of Udall’s remarks as prepared for delivery:
“I rise today to celebrate the life – and mourn the passing – of one [...]
The U.S. Senate has designated this coming Thursday, November 19 -- exactly one week before Thanksgiving Day -- as “Feed America Day.”
Senator Tom Udall, a sponsor of the bipartisan “Feed America Day” initiative, said that in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the bill encourages Americans to skip two meals this [...]
