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      <excerpt>...counties can apply for low-interest emergency loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency. U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., says farmers and ranchers the four counties have been economically affected by severe weather this year. C</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the bill.  New Mexico's senators are not among those voicing complaints about Reid's effort. Both Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman have signaled support for Reid's plan - at least as a starting point. Both have voiced support for a public health insura</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Federal stimulus money coming through grant from U.S. Department of Energy
The Navajo Nation will receive $4.9 million in federal stimulus money to use to develop a smart electrical grid that will quickly identify electrical system outages, monitor</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Oct. 25-27. Wyoming invited U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Each has declined.  A good-government group filed a </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... with a keynote address from Dr. Alicia Jackson, the Science Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Senator Jeff Bingaman. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Oct. 25-27. Wyoming invited U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Each has declined.  The Wyoming Department of Employ</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Ron Wyden, D-Wash., Sen. Kent Conrad, DN.D., Sen Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Jay Rockefeller, DW. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...federal energy officials. Organizers had invited Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. All of them declined. Catherine Zoi, ass</excerpt>
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