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Last week, President Bush called for renewed off-shore drilling. The New York Times criticized Bush's plan, calling it "The Big Pander to Big Oil."
True Majority has a good analysis of oil and gas contributions to New Mexico's Congressional delegation (link).
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Accepted $348,008 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 78% of selected votes.
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Accepted $262,635 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 44% of selected votes.
Representative Steven Pearce (R-NM02)
Accepted $421,990 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 100% of selected votes.
Representative Tom Udall (D-NM03)
Accepted $3,500 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 27% of selected votes.
Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM01)
Accepted $268,826 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 82% of selected votes.
Let's see how far the Big Pander extends to New Mexico.
True Majority has a good analysis of oil and gas contributions to New Mexico's Congressional delegation (link).
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Accepted $348,008 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 78% of selected votes.
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Accepted $262,635 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 44% of selected votes.
Representative Steven Pearce (R-NM02)
Accepted $421,990 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 100% of selected votes.
Representative Tom Udall (D-NM03)
Accepted $3,500 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 27% of selected votes.
Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM01)
Accepted $268,826 from the oil and gas industry since 2000.
Supported the industry in 82% of selected votes.
Let's see how far the Big Pander extends to New Mexico.
Yes, it was a big government program about which former Senator Bob Dole spoke in these glowing terms: "It changed America; it may have changed the world."
Passed in 1944, the G.I. Bill of Rights made available to sixteen million veterans of World War II, like Dole, generous educational opportunities and home ownership. It helped build the American middle class that drove the post-war economic boom of the 1950s.
In a recent NY Times op ed ("Doing the Troops Wrong"), Bob Herbert wrote:
Herbert goes on to say that "reinvigorating the G.I. bill is one of the best things this nation could do."
That's why a new GI Bill -- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act -- has been introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. In the Senate, Vietnam veteran Jim Webb (D-VA) has been leading the charge along co-sponsors Chuck Hagel (R-NE), another Vietnam vet, and John Warner (R-VA), a former Navy Secretary.
A version of the bill has also been introduced in the House and New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall is an enthusiastic sponsor.
But the Bush Administration opposes the new G.I. bill. So does John McCain. Read More »
Passed in 1944, the G.I. Bill of Rights made available to sixteen million veterans of World War II, like Dole, generous educational opportunities and home ownership. It helped build the American middle class that drove the post-war economic boom of the 1950s.
In a recent NY Times op ed ("Doing the Troops Wrong"), Bob Herbert wrote:
The original G.I. Bill of Rights, signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1944, paid the full load of a returning veteran's education at a college or technical school and provided a monthly stipend. It was an investment that paid astounding dividends. Millions of veterans benefited, and they helped transform the nation. College would no longer be the exclusive preserve of the wealthy and those who crowned themselves the intellectual elite.
Herbert goes on to say that "reinvigorating the G.I. bill is one of the best things this nation could do."
That's why a new GI Bill -- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act -- has been introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. In the Senate, Vietnam veteran Jim Webb (D-VA) has been leading the charge along co-sponsors Chuck Hagel (R-NE), another Vietnam vet, and John Warner (R-VA), a former Navy Secretary.
A version of the bill has also been introduced in the House and New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall is an enthusiastic sponsor.
But the Bush Administration opposes the new G.I. bill. So does John McCain. Read More »
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