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

Today's Birthdays and Today in History: Oct. 3

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...Composer Steve Reich is 72. Singer Alan O'Day is 68. Rock 'n' roll star Chubby Checker is 67. Actor Alan Rachins is 66. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is 65. Magician Roy Horn is 64. Singer Lindsey Buckingham is 59. Jazz musician Ronnie Laws is 58. Blues

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Reid-Coburn Dispute Spawns a Lame Duck

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...after the election to deal with must-pass spending and tax bills. But Reid has promised Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) that he would make a last-ditch attempt to pass a package of more than 150 largely noncontroversial land

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US N-thralls India, clears historic nuclear deal

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...hrs IST after the upper chamber rejected by voice vote a 'killer amendment' introduced by Democratic Senators Byron Dorgan and Jeff Bingaman. The killer amendment was proposed to ensure that the US nuclear exports to India do not help boost New Delhi's

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Reid Plans Mid-November Session

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...a lands package, he said. Reid did not specify what bills would come, but he said Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) would be putting the package together. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCo

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Congress OKs Indian nuclear deal, sends to Bush

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar said. Before approving the pact, the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, both Democrats, making clear that another Indian nuclear test would lead t

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U.S. Congress Passes Indian Nuclear Deal

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...proliferation," Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar said. Before approving the pact, the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, both Democrats, making clear that another Indian nuclear t

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New Mexico News Brief, Thursday, Oct. 2

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...industry bailout approved by the U.S. Senate Wednesday could result in more renewable energy production in New Mexico. Sen. Jeff Bingaman said the bill extends the production tax credit for wind energy until December 2009 and for energy generated by oth

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US Senate Approves US-India Nuclear Accord

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...three countries are not signatories to the Nonproliferation treaty, and they have detonated nuclear weapons," said Senator Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat. An amendment that would have required the United States to end its nuclear cooperation with

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Senate to Vote on US-India Nuclear Accord

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...those three countries are not signatories to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and they have detonated nuclear weapons," said Senator Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat. Senators Bingaman and Dorgan support an amendment to the proposed agreement that woul

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"Rescue" Bill Has Mental Health and Wind/Solar Provisions

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...It's an eight-year extension for the solar investment tax credit and a one-year extension for the wind production credit. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, tells me he will ask for a longer

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New Mexico News Brief, Monday, Sept. 29

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

...$16,550 for hydraulic rescue tools and the Mora County Sheriff's Department will receive $8,000 to buy optical equipment. Sen. Jeff Bingaman said the money comes through a FEMA program. WASHINGTON, D.C. - An Albuquerque company has secured a five-year c

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UTC System First Geothermal Plant Operating in New Mexico

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

...opening up new avenues of energy production and putting its cutting-edge geothermal technology to work in New Mexico." -- Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico The power from the units is used to displace grid electricity required to support the 32 acres o

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Retiring Domenici bids US Senate farewell

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

Domenici also fondly recalled his bipartisan work on a major energy bill with his fellow New Mexico senator, Democrat Jeff Bingaman. ...

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Retiring Domenici bids US Senate farewell

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

Domenici recognized his fellow New Mexico senator, Democrat Jeff Bingaman, and said their work on the 2005 energy bill was some of the best legislating he ...

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UTC Power System at New Mexico Greenhouse is First Geothermal ...

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

"UTC Power's New Mexico initiative offers further proof that our state is fast becoming a center for renewable technology," said Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New ...

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Federal funds to enhance NMSU-C programs

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

According to press releases from the offices of Sen. Pete Domenici, RN.M., and Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., eight New Mexico schools will receive more than $8.1 ...

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New Mexico News Brief, Thursday, Sept. 25

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sen. Jeff Bingaman said the program will train community outreach and health care workers who share the culture and language of the people they are trying ...

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Senators Call For Crack Down On Excessive Speculation

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

(RTTNews) - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), along with Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), ...

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UTC Power System at New Mexico Greenhouse is First Geothermal Plant Operating in State

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

...New Mexico initiative offers further proof that our state is fast becoming a center for renewable technology," said Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. "We are clearly positioned to creat

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Offshore-Drilling Ban to Expire

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

...to come from the currently closed areas in the meantime. The chairman of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.), said his party would reinstate the moratorium in the new Congress. "This battle is not over," said Sen

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