Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]

Senate faces crucial vote on health care

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...spoke in terms both lofty and local. "In the 27 years I've been in the Senate, we have not gotten to this point," said Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., who then detailed the bill's effects on his state. Republicans charged that the measure is too expensive a

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Third Time the Charm for Roosevelt Scholars?

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

A proposal to create the Roosevelt Scholars Program -- sort of a civilian ROTC program to encourage college students to pursue careers in government through scholarships and stipends -- has been introduced in the Senate by George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and

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Former Senator Pete Domenici Receives Lewis Award From American Nuclear Society

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

... Senator Domenici was joined by several distinguished experts including Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and current Senators Jeff Bingaman and Lamar ...

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2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

... to $30400 to see senators, including California's Barbara Boxer and New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman, discuss technology and policy at Google's headquarters. ...

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Specter talks transit, health care

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

As the co-sponsor, with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, of a previous global warming bill that addressed the matter using the "cap and trade" methodology, ...

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Local news digest

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

... and served as a senior staff member for US Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., during the 1980s and 1990s. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, ...

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Parties cash in on hot issues

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jeff Bingaman, John Thune, Barbara Boxer and Susan Collins -- for a price. Photo: AP photo composite by POLITICO Top industry executives piled into Google's ...

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Texas & Region

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

...New Mexico communities have received $1 million in federal grants to improve distance learning and telemedicine. Sen. Jeff Bingaman says all three grants come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. He says

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Exelon CEO John Rowe raises profile in Washington

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

The most enjoyable part, he said, has been serious policy discussions with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat. ("He's a low-key person who doesn't ...

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A new park to save the plains

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

Last week, Democratic US senators Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Max Baucus of Montana introduced a bill to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water ...

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Exelon CEO John Rowe raises profile D.C.

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

...of Oklahoma called him a "hypocrite." The most enjoyable part, he said, has been serious policy discussions with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat. ("He's a low-key person who doesn't make threats.") Manik Roy of the Pew Center on Global Climat

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Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Gift Books

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

... BoogieMama introduced us to Senator Bingaman, Bringer of Mixed Blessings: "Meet Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat from Silver City, New Mexico. ...

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LHS building trades house No. 1 done

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

Diane Denish, Senator Vernon Asbill, and representatives for Senator Jeff Bingaman, US Senator Tom Udall and Congressman Harry Teague praised the project. ...

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Wilderness alternatives sought

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall. Bingaman also chairs the committee. The committee gave him five minutes for his oral testimony. “And they had a little box with ...

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Senate's Battle Lines: Immigration

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

That language passed with the support of Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., who later told the New York Times that Democrats were not trying to expand health care to ...

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Dems' fundraiser raises

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

...John Doerr and others who "invite you to join" Boxer and other senators, including Feinstein, Mark Warner of Virginia, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Mark Begich of Alaska. Joel Benenson, pollster for President Obama, is listed

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2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON (KRQE) - Sen. Jeff Bingaman issued a statement in remembrance of former Gov. Bruce King, who died Friday, Nov. 13. "Bruce King was as dedicated ...

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Dems' fundraiser raises

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

Zachary Coile, a spokesman for Boxer, said Thursday that "Sen. Boxer was invited to join this panel to deliver the same message she's been giving in ...

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NM receives distance learning, telemedicine grants

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sen. Jeff Bingaman says all three grants come from the US Department of Agriculture's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program. He says nearly $500000 has ...

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Loan guarantee 'crucial' to wind farm

2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

...for Sen. Tom Carper, said there is an effort in the Senate to extend the program as part of an energy bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., the energy committee's chairman. The committee approved it in July, but it's been awaiting action on the

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