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2 hrs ago | Washington Times

Senators call on Obama to arm Syrian opposition

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Tuesday pushed through a bill that would authorize the Obama administration to supply arms to Syria's rebels - a strategy the White House has long-resisted out of concern the American weaponry may end up in the hands of terrorists fighting in the Mideast nation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Robert Menendez, Senator Tom Udall, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Chris Murphy

Fri May 17, 2013

Farmington Daily Times

New Mexico lawmakers move to protect mineral royalties

Sen. Tom Udall and Rep. Ben Ray Lujn have joined other Western lawmakers in introducing legislation to protect New Mexico's mineral royalties from the effects of the federal sequester.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Mexico, House, NM

KRQE News 13

Feds penalize Sandia Labs millions

Sandia National Laboratory's recent safety record is so bad, it's been chastised by an internal review board, condemned by the federal government and cost taxpayers millions of dollars, according to two confidential reports.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Sandia, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Department of Energy

Thu May 16, 2013

Deming Headlight

Taxing Internet sales: No slam dunk

The US Senate, with the support of New Mexico's Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, recently passed legislation called the "Marketplace Fairness Act." The idea behind the legislation is to set up a new taxation regime that would allow states to collect sales taxes on all online sales.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Senator Martin Heinrich, Representative Martin Heinrich, Democrat, Bernalillo County, NM, Small Business, Personal Finance, Opinion

NH Insider

Nhgop Demands Shaheen Explain Letter Calling for More Irs Investigations

Concord The New Hampshire Republican State Committee demanded that Senator Jeanne Shaheen explain her 2012 letter to the IRS commissioner calling for increased investigations of social welfare organizations .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Tax, Senator Tom Udall, US House of Representatives, Senator Michael Bennet

Wed May 15, 2013

The Heartland Institute

Americans Fighting Their Own Government For Economic Survival

No wonder the national debt is at nearly $17 trillion-and ticking higher every day.

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Related Topix: Otero County, NM, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Udall

New Media Journal

Democrat Senators Pressured IRS to Investigate Conservative Nonprofits

Sen. Carl Levin , repeatedly pressed the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the tax-exempt status of specific conservative nonprofit organizations in letters to then-IRS commissioner Doug Shulman and director Lois Lerner in 2012.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Al Franken

ESchool News

Bill to lower barriers to pregnant teens' education

UPI reports that a U.S. Senate bill would help states and local school districts support pregnant and parenting youth who face challenges staying in school, legislators say.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Family, Parenting, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mazie Hirono, Representative Mazie Hirono

Gateway Pundit

FLASHBACK 2012: Democrat Senators Demand IRS Scrutinize Tea Party Groups

In March of 2012 Democratic Senators sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service demanding that Tea Party groups get extra scrutiny .

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Senator Al Franken, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen

Tue May 14, 2013

NWCN.com

Western lawmakers push to restore mineral funds

A bipartisan group of western lawmakers is pushing legislation in Washington to restore cuts of $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator John Hoeven, Senator Tom Udall, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator John Barrasso, Representative Cynthia Lummis, Senator Mike Enzi

Mon May 13, 2013

Las Cruces Sun-News

Life lessons: Southern NM teen birth rates fall, but still above U.S. average

Lucas Ramos, 1, plays ball with his teen mother Sarah Bravo, 18, while in day care during the school day at Las Cruces High School recently.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM, Education Etc.

The Hill

Guns and the filibuster

Vice President Biden intoned, "On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 46. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes, the amendment is not agreed to." Moments later, from the gallery, Patricia Maisch, survivor of the horrific Tucson shooting, shouted at the senators below, "Shame on you!" The Senate had defeated the bipartisan compromise ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, US Governors, Joe Manchin, Senator Patrick Toomey, Republican, Senator Tom Udall, US House of Representatives

Sat May 11, 2013

UPI

Bill to lower barriers to pregnant teens' education

A U.S. Senate bill would help states and local school districts support pregnant and parenting youth who face challenges staying in school, legislators say.

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Related Topix: Family, Parenting, Education Etc., US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Mazie Hirono, Senator Mazie Hirono

Fri May 10, 2013

Daily Kos

NM-Sen: Tom Udall (D) Makes Native American Affairs, Mineral Payments & Droughts Top Issues

Bill John Baker, the Cherokee Nation Principal Chief, took Senator Tom Udall on a tour of the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma: The tour consisted of stops to the W.W. Hastings' new emergency room and urgent care department that has been successful in shortening the wait times for Native patients; model homes that are part of the New Home ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Tahlequah, OK, Agriculture, Science

Las Cruces Sun-News

New Mexico and LCPS Teacher of the Year Pamela Cort meets Obama

Cort, who teaches French at Las Cruces High School, also met with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, at the vice president's home.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, House, NM, Joe Biden, Albuquerque, NM

Thu May 09, 2013

KRQE Albuquerque

Federal TV project a $10M boondoggle

When it comes to the annals of government waste, the Enhanced Learning and Knowledge Network ranks up there with the best - or worst - of them.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Michelle Lujan, Magdalena, NM

The Gillette News-Record

Wyo. Senator: Bill protects states' cash from feds

Wyoming's senior U.S. senator said he plans to unveil legislation Thursday that would allow states to collect royalties directly from companies that produce minerals from federal lands.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Mike Enzi, Senator Tom Udall, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed May 08, 2013

Hispanic Business

Immigration Debate Threatens Split in GOP

One of the nation's leading conservatives on Tuesday assailed a new Heritage Foundation report that says a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy would cost American taxpayers more than $6 trillion.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Heritage Foundation, Charitable Organizations, US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Representative Martin Heinrich, Democrat, Senator Martin Heinrich

Star Tribune

US senators from Wyoming, New Mexico plan bill to try to restore states' minerals payments

U.S. senators from Wyoming and New Mexico said Tuesday they plan to roll out legislation this week to restore about $110 million in cuts to a federal minerals payment program that hit their states the hardest.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue May 07, 2013

National Public Radio

Congressional Hearings Put Renewed Focus On Benghazi Attack

It has been nearly eight months since attacks on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens .

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, US News, US Politics, Senator Tom Udall, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John McCain, Republican

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