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NM delegation works to rescind mineral payment sequestration cuts
The congressional delegation is going hard after a specific cut because of sequestration: the Department of the Interior (DOI) withholding royalties from mining done in the states. The states receive 50 percent of the revenues resulting from the leasing of mineral resources on federal public domain lands within their borders according to the Mineral Leasing Act. The DOI has said the state’s share is subject to sequestration. New Mexico lost $25 million in funding because of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Economy, Energy, Environment, Featured
Udall questions Interior secretary over mineral payments to states
Sen. Tom Udall questioned Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell about the impact of sequestration on federal mineral payments to states at a meeting of the Interior & Environment Subcommittee.. New Mexico lost $26 million in payments from the Department of the Interior. The Associated Press covered the hearing. “This revenue is vital to New Mexico, where it funds our public education system,” Udall told Jewell. “New Mexico state leaders are very upset by the Department of Interior’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: Delegation, Environment, Featured
Senators suggest Damon Martinez for US Attorney spot
US Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich selected Damon Martinez as the choice to replace Kenneth Gonzales as U.S. Attorney in New Mexico. Gonzales has been nominated for a federal judgeship by President Barack Obama. Senators from the state select a nominee for the president, but the president has the final say. In this case, Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich suggested Martinez in a letter to Obama. “We are pleased to recommend Damon Martinez to be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Courts, Delegation, Featured
Heinrich, Udall responds to immigration reform proposal
Sen. Martin Heinrich released a video statement after the introduction of an immigration reform package from a group of eight U.S. Senators, known as the “Gang of Eight.” Heinrich said that he looks forward to reviewing the full legislation that was introduced yesterday and revealed in a press conference today. “I applaud my colleagues in the Senate who worked together to address this critical issue,” Heinrich said in his video statement. “Successful reform should include a visa … Read entire article »
Filed under: Delegation, Featured, Immigration
NM Senators support expanded background checks but can’t overcome filibuster
The U.S. Senate voted down all attempts to curtail gun violence, including an amendment that would have expanded gun background checks to all sales at gun shows and on purchases made on the internet. To be more accurate, the Senate voted against breaking a filibuster on the amendments — a majority voted to move forward, but it was unable to break the filibuster. Both New Mexico U.S. Senators voted to move forward. There were other amendments that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Delegation, Featured
NM Senators vote to break filibuster on debate of gun bill
The U.S. Senate voted on a 68-31 vote to proceed on debate of a gun background check bill that would expand background checks to all commercial sales but still have some exceptions, such as transfers to family members. Both U.S. Senators from New Mexico were among those who voted to break the filibuster and allow debate on the bill to begin. In all, 50 Democrats and 16 Republicans, as well as both independents, voted to invoke … Read entire article »
Filed under: Delegation, Featured
Sen. Tom Udall responds to Paul’s filibuster
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., responded to the filibuster by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., after being prompted by New Mexico Telegram. In an email response earlier this evening, Udall told NM Telegram, “I respect Sen. Paul going down to the floor and demonstrating what a real filibuster looks like.” Udall was a support of filibuster reform, including requiring a “talking filibuster” like the one that Paul has been doing for over 12 hours. Paul is filibustering against … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, National News
Silver: Udall second safest Dem Senator in 2014
According to electoral predictions wizard Nate Silver, Tom Udall is among the safest Democrat Senators up for election in 2014. Silver listed Udall as only behind Rhode Island’s Jack Reed on list of most Democratic seats in his “initial snapshot” of the 2014 Senatorial elections. Other Senators that are among the safest seats are in Democratic bastions like Delaware (Chris Coons), Hawaii (Brian Schatz) and Illinois (Richard Durbin). Virginia’s Mark Warner is also put in there despite … Read entire article »
NRA targets Udall, other Senators
While it has had a tough road in beating back some gun control legislation, the NRA is still a powerful, well-funded group. It is using some of its coffers to oppose Democratic senators up for election in 2014, including Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. However, it doesn’t appear to be targeting Udall to closely, as it will not be paying for newspaper ads, instead only using online ads to target Udall. A previous web ad (YouTube link) from … Read entire article »
Udall named “most liberal” in the Senate
National Journal ranks Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., as one of the two most liberal members of the U.S. Senate. Udall shares the ranking with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. The full rankings are not out yet, but none of the other members of the New Mexico delegation make appearances on lists of the most liberal or conservative members of the chamber. The full rankings will be released tomorrow. The weekly magazine says they “identified the ones that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Delegation, Featured
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