Politics

Udall, Boosman, Lujan Grisham Introduce Bill To Cut Small Business Red Tape

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

CONGRESSSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During National Small Business Week, U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M. and John Boozman, R-Ark., and U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., announced legislation to help business owners who operate primarily out of their homes deal with the often-complicated process of filing income taxes.

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham

The bipartisan Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act is the result of conversations with small business owners about ways the federal government can reduce unnecessary red tape.

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Senate Democrats Address Need For Special Session

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STATE News:  

 

SANTA FE — Senate Democrats released the following statement regarding a Special Session of the New Mexico Legislature:

New Mexicans from across the state have called for a Special Session on capital outlay. The Senate Democrats have heard that call, and are ready to go into Session to pass a capital outlay bill.

The Senate Democrats agreed tonight on a capital outlay proposal put forth by lead caucus negotiator Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Dona Ana, Hidalgo, Sierra. The package restores funding to senior centers, higher education institutions, and tribal Read More

Luján: 134,000 New Mexicans With Student Loans Would Benefit From Bill To Allow Refinancing

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:

SANTA FE ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District highlighted the impact of legislation that would allow New Mexican’s with student loan debt to refinance their loans to take advantage of low interest rates. 

Luján is a cosponsor of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which according to the Department of Education, would help 134,000 New Mexicans with student loan debt.

“Whether it’s buying that first home, raising a child, or saving for a dignified retirement, student loan debt is making it difficult

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Heinrich, Udall Introduce Bill To Establish Wilderness Areas In Río Grande Del Norte National Monument

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Tom Udall, D-N.M. have introduced a bill to establish two wilderness areas, the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness, within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument northwest of Taos.

In 2013, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a previous version of the legislation.

U.S. Sen.Tom Udall

“For many years now, a broad coalition of northern New Mexicans has worked to conserve these two very special areas within

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Udall Votes For Congressional Review Of Iran Nuclear Deal

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U.S. SENATE News:

Bipartisan agreement would enable congressional oversight without jeopardizing negotiations

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze_bYse-krA&feature=youtu.be            

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, joined a majority of senators in voting 98-1 Thursday for legislation that would allow Congress 30 days to review a proposed nuclear deal with Iran. He issued the following statement:

“A nuclear armed Iran is a serious threat, and any nuclear nonproliferation Read More

Udall, Price, Van Hollen Introduce Empower Act To Modernize Presidential Campaign Public Financing

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. and U.S. Representatives David Price, D-N.C. and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. announced that they have introduced legislation to reduce the influence of money in presidential elections by empowering candidates who decline support from wealthy special interests.
 
With mega-donors exerting increasing influence on elections and increasing public disgust for out-of-control special interest electioneering, the Empowering Mass Participation to Offset the Wealthy’s Electoral
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Heinrich Urges Full Funding For Police Body Cameras

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Body camera. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a Republican budget agreement that could cut funding by $24 million for a critical grant program that helps police departments utilize body cameras and other innovative technology, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. joined 17 senators in calling for full funding of the U.S. Department of Justice Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program.

More than 600 JAG recipients nationwide have used federal funding for police camera technology. This technology has been found to reduce the use of force by officers by Read More

Heinrich: Court Of Appeals Rules NSA Dragnet Illegal

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called on the White House to finally end the mass surveillance of Americans, following a decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Security Agency is violating the law by collecting millions of Americans’ phone records.

“This ruling affirms that the government does not have the authority to collect and retain the private telephone activity of innocent, law-abiding Americans,” Read More

Letter To The Editor: Regarding ‘Words Do Matter’

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By BILL MCKERLEY, Chairman
Los Alamos Republican Party

I read Nancy Schick’s letter “Words Do Matter” in the Los Alamos Daily Post (May 3, 2015) with some interest.

She is correct, of course, words do matter. However, her egregious attack on the Republican Party and limiting the word “enslave” to a terrible period in American history seem to be an attempt to arouse emotion and to smear (“Republicans are racist.”) rather than engage.

The dictionary definition of “enslave” is “to reduce to or as if to slavery: subjugate,” and it is often used by the media when bloviating about the “oppression” of Read More

AHF Meets With Mayors Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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AHF President Cindy Kelly with Mayor Taue, on her right, and Mayor Matsui, on her left. Courtesy/AHF.

AHF President Cindy Kelly with Mayor Taue amidst the media. Courtesy/AHF

AHF News:

The Atomic Heritage Foundation met with the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japanese local government officials, Friday, May 1, to discuss the interpretation of the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

The meeting, which was held at the Institute of International Education at 809 United Nations Plaza in New York City, marked a positive first step in opening a dialogue with the Japanese, whose Read More