LIBERMAN AND BINGAMAN APPOINTED TASK FORCE CHAIRMEN
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) speaks at a Senate Hispanic Task Force press conference announcing the appointment of himself and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) as the new committee chairman, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 12th 2005. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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SANTA FE, N.M., April 2 (UPI) -- Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced Saturday he is running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Jeff Bingaman, who is retiring.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., will retire from the upper chamber at the end of his term, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
ALBUQUERQUE, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A New Mexico Democrat has introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to establish automatic private retirement accounts for U.S. workers.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- In the wake of the BP disaster, only 25 percent of Americans back more offshore oil drilling, and most blame federal regulators for the spill, a poll indicates.
WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- Company officials tried to cast blame on others during a U.S. Senate hearing into what caused the explosion and massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Ethanol production saves U.S. consumers $150 to $300 per household in gas costs per year, adding slightly to food costs, two Cabinet secretaries said.
THE DALLES, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- A day after oil prices topped $130 a barrel for the first time in history, U.S. lawmakers debated Thursday whether increased production at home would lower prices at the pump.
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Faced with growing pressure to decrease gas prices, U.S. senators voted to stop stockpiling oil in the national reserve yesterday, but they rejected a plan to increase domestic production.
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Climate change could disrupt U.S. energy supplies by seriously damaging key infrastructure in the country, experts testified Tuesday before Congress.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Washington legislators are reconsidering federal mandates on ethanol production that has been linked to rising food costs, various lawmakers said.
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