Jeff Bingaman News Archives

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $10 million to explore geothermal energy projects in New Mexico.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is releasing funding secured by Sen.

House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America's medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and offering a new government-run insurance option for millions.

The Navajo Nation will receive $4.9 million in stimulus funding to develop a smart electrical grid.

On Wednesday I attended the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the economics of the Cap and Trade system in the Waxman-Markey House Energy bill.

WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that the Senate has approved key defense legislation that gives strong support to New Mexico's military installations and the state's two national laboratories.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reaches for a pen to sign the Record of Decision, allowing the Navajo-Gallup Pipeline Project to move forward.

Lawmakers in the Cowboy State have invited their neighbors to parley on energy issues, and they're putting up more than $400,000 to pick up the tab.

WASHINGTON a ' The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that recognizes former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall for his contributions as secretary and for advancing the work of the Morris K. Udall Foundation.

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy implemented a new memorandum of understanding that would allow the agencies to set standards for Energy Star, a federal program started in 1992 to oversee and promote energy efficiency for refrigerators, washing machines and other products.

By Sarah Lovenheim Third-quarter FEC filings illustrate the importance that Democrats -- and a few Republicans -- are placing on Majority Leader Harry Reid's 2010 reelection campaign.

The older you are, the more you usually pay for health coverage, and that's a difference likely to persist under the sweeping health care legislation that Congress is now considering.

As horses grazed in a nearby grass pasture and bright New Mexico clouds sailed overhead, Elephant Butte Irrigation District Manager Gary Esslinger cranked open a metal chute, allowing water to gush into a 2-foot-diameter pipe alongside an irrigation canal.

Congressional legislation aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions would come at "some cost" to the economy, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, estimating that a House bill would reduce U.S. gross domestic product by about one-quarter percent to three-quarters of a percent by 2020.

SANTA FE Governor Bill Richardson today announced that New Mexico will be home to the Tres Amigas Super Station, which will connect America's three main power grids opening the door to more efficient delivery of renewable energy through the nation's power transmission infrastructure.

" Optimizing expertise and equipment to get solid answers both producers and government agencies can use was the goal of a massive two-week air quality monitoring project at an eastern New Mexico dairy, according to project researchers.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., talks about the federal government's preparations for H1N1 flu and healthcare reform.

Economic development specialist Gene Hendrick believes an electric power super station that looks like it may be coming to Curry County was destined for the area - all the pieces just had to come together to make it happen.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., confers with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., early this month as the Finance Committee considered amendments to its health-care bill.

Several big-name government officials have declined the state of Wyoming's invitation to speak at an energy symposium later this month.

The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Max Baucus , says it posted the "full text" of its health care reform bill, "America's Healthy Future Act," on its Web site.

Several hundred e-mails and letters flooded Sen. Jeff Bingaman's office to denounce a Pennsylvania mining official's appointment to a federal post.

Positive news on the health reform front. Clearly, members of Congress are stepping up their demands for a strong public option.

The signers are not the only public option backers in the Senate. MSNBC's Ed Schultz got Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico -- who did not sign the letter -- to commit to vote for the public option in bills and amendments during an interview Thursday night.

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture.

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. pauses during the committee's hearing on health care overhaul reform legislation on Capitol Hill.

Plans to build a water pipeline that would serve the Navajo Nation are moving forward after approval from the U.S. Department of Interior and $3 million in funding, according to New Mexico lawmakers.

When President Obama addressed Congress last month he made a promise. "There are also those who claim that our [health care] reform effort will insure illegal immigrants.

Republican and Democratic senators negotiating a possible compromise on climate change legislation insisted Tuesday that the measure must include provisions to boost nuclear power and expand offshore drilling.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, of Nev., center, followed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., walks out of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Sept.

Senator Jon Kyl speaking at a committee meeting. He says it is 'an act of hubris' for Congress to prescribe coverage levels.

Forget mission accomplished. Try mission seemingly impossible.With the Senate Finance Committee on the verge of approving a sweeping health overhaul bill Tuesday, the path might appear open for action by the full Senate.Not so fast.First the Finance Committee bill must be combined with a more liberal version that the Health, Education, Labor and ...

Lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at providing counties in three states $12 million for Navajo Nation school bus route maintenance, but San Juan County is only caring for bus routes that lead to the Nation's borders.

Americans expect to show a photo ID when they board a plane, enter many office buildings, cash a check or even rent a video -- but rarely in voting or applying for government benefits such as Medicaid.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico, listens to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., during a mark-up hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico's congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will provide clean, safe and reliable water to a quarter of a million people in the Navajo Nation , the City of Gallup and the Jicarilla Apache Nation , according to a statement released by the Interior Department ...

" U.S. Sen. Al Franken and Rep. Keith Ellison introduced the Senate and House versions of the Expand School Meals Act today to ensure that low-income students are not denied nutritious food during the school day because they cannot afford to pay for it.