Senator Jeff Bingaman

Democrat  •  New Mexico  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
  • Votes with party 93%
  • Abstains: 0%

View All (4,087)

10/13/09
Verbatim: Bill would give active-duty soldiers debt relief for student loans

Last year, Congress passed legislation authored by Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) that prevented interest from accruing on loans originated after October 2008. ...

Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
10/13/09
Industry, Advocates Agree on New Home Heating, Cooling Standards

Bob Simon, staff director of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke on behalf of Chairman Jeff Bingaman (DN.M.) to welcome the agreement. ...

Source: New York Times
10/13/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

US Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, said the project will help build a needed transmission backbone to support emerging renewable energy generation nationwide. ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
10/13/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., NM) asked whether the insurance industry report, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, overlooked several provisions in the bill that ...

Source: Wall Street Journal (blog)
10/13/09
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Through the Ages

...works to develop a climate change bill to complement draft energy legislation crafted by Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.). This time its for keeps. Unlike last year, when the dress-rehearsal debate on global warming sputtered

Source: Roll Call
10/13/09
RAW FACTS: Senate committee approves health care bill

Reported by: AP Senate Finance Committee members (LR) Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Sen. Kent Conrad, Sen. John Rockefeller, Chairman Max Baucus, ranking member Sen. ...

Source: ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
10/13/09
Bingaman, Kerry Panels Take Up Climate Change

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., will hold a hearing Wednesday featuring analyses of the House-passed climate bill by the ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
10/13/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., will hold a hearing Wednesday featuring analyses of the House-passed climate bill by the ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
10/13/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., will hold a hearing Wednesday featuring analyses of the House-passed climate bill by the ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
10/13/09
Senate Committee Passes Obamacare

...for the Baucus concept “bill”: Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) Max Baucus (D-Mt.) John Rockefeller (D-W.V.) Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) Blanche L. Lincoln (D-Ark.) Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) Debbie

10/13/09
Senators back military student-loan relief

...a number. Original cosponsors include Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall of Colorado, Max Baucus of Montana, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Chuck Schumer of N

10/13/09
Huge electric transmission project planned near Clovis

...a larger market for our energy. New Mexico is proud to be chosen as the site for this unique renewable energy market hub.” Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, said the project will help build a needed transmission backbone to support emerging renewable energy g

10/13/09
Health Bill Clears Finance Committee, Bingaman Votes Yes

...the Senate Finance Committee passed its health care overhaul bill and one of the legislation's key architects - Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico - voted in favor of it. The low-key lawmaker said little during the bill's final hearing this morning except

10/13/09
Where's the health care bill?

The group included Democrats Baucus, Kent Conrad (ND) and Jeff Bingaman (NM), along with Republicans Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ...

Source: Bemidji Pioneer
10/13/09
Wise aims to quell rate of dropouts

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., introduced the bill last year and is its lead sponsor. Bingaman was not immediately available for comment Monday. ...

Source: Daily Mail - Charleston
10/12/09
Letters: Senate support

Sportsman are hoping Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall will follow suit when the measure comes up for a vote in the Senate.

Source: Silver City Sun News
10/12/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

... Mike Crapo (ID), Pat Roberts (KS), John Ensign (NV), Mike Enzi (WY), John Cornyn (TX), John Rockefeller IV (WV), Kent Conrad (ND), Jeff Bingaman (NM), ...

Source: Examiner.com
10/12/09
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Through the Ages

Boxer works to develop a climate change bill to complement draft energy legislation crafted by Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (DN.M.).

Source: Roll Call (subscription)
10/09/09
Where's the Health Care Bill?

...(MT) organized a bipartisan group to negotiate on health care reform. The group included Democrats Baucus, Kent Conrad (ND) and Jeff Bingaman (NM), along with Republicans Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Enzi (WY). They met for wee

10/09/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

Senator Jeff Bingaman, DN.M., has not signed on to the letter. On his Web site, Bingaman says, “I strongly support a public option. ...

Source: The New Mexico Independent
10/09/09
Pa. official's nomination denounced by environmental groups

...-- Several hundred e-mails and letters flooded Sen. Jeff Bingaman's office to denounce a Pennsylvania mining official's appointment to a federal post. But despite the outcry from environmental groups, Mr. Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy

10/09/09
Where's the Health Care Bill?

...organized a bipartisan group to negotiate on health care reform. The group included Democrats Baucus, Kent Conrad (ND) and Jeff Bingaman (NM), along with Republicans Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Enzi (WY). They met for weeks, y

10/08/09
Congress Goes Easy on Two Science Agency Nominees

... at one point, she felt compelled to assure the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D–NM), ...

Source: Science Magazine (blog)
10/08/09
Embattled Mining Pick Given 'Benefit of the Doubt' by Senate Panel

Chairman Jeff Bingaman (DN.M.) said the "vast majority" of comments he received on Pizarchik's nomination have been critical, with several hundred e-mails ...

Source: New York Times
10/08/09
Bingaman 'Agonostic' On Opt-Out Public Option

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) said on MSNBC today that he's still "agnostic" on a possible compromise for states to opt out of a public option, but noted that ...

Source: TPM LiveWire (blog)
10/07/09
Scientist: Carbon Dioxide Doesn't Cause Global Warming

... lawmakers involved in the energy debate: Montana's Sen. Max Baucus and New Mexico's Sen. Jeff Bingaman. Want your Whispers first? Check out US News Weekly.

Source: U.S. News & World Report
10/07/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

by The New Republic Editors Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M. pauses during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform ...

Source: NPR
10/07/09
2009-10-08 US DOE details loan guarantee plans for conventio...

... that they hoped to restore the funds and today Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman said he hopes the funds could be restored. ...

Source: New Energy Matters (subscription)
10/07/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

by The New Republic Editors Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M. pauses during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform ...

Source: NPR
10/07/09
RE: Jeff Bingaman

by The New Republic Editors Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jeff Bingaman, DN.M. pauses during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform ...

Source: NPR

Official website: http://bingaman.senate.gov
Address:
703 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5521
Fax: 202-224-2852

Person's Views

  • Today: 20
  • Past Seven Days: 109
  • All-Time: 10,364

43.0%

Average Rating

26%

Avg. from State

Login to Rate
Write This Senator
You are writing Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM].
Track with MyOC

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source joint project of two non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation.