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US Senator Jeff Bingaman highlights several provisions of the omnibus spending bill, passed out of the Senate on Sunday, which ensures continuity of government services. The bill contains key funding for New Mexico, including funding for military construction on New Mexicos Air Force bases, funding for health and education initiatives, transportation and community needs, and funding to tackle meth use, combat border crime, and support New Mexicos drug courts. More information can be found at ...

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman discusses The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in this podcast. Bingaman who has been instrumental in shaping the health care reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate highlights why he believes this bill would lower the cost of health care, as well as expand health care coverage. Bingaman closes by reviewing the steps that must still be completed before the president can sign a comprehensive health care reform bill into law.

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman details some of the major components of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in the second part of a series on health care reform currently being debated in the Senate. Bingaman highlights several ways the legislation would lower overall health care costs, from the Congressional Budget Office's estimates on federal deficit reduction to savings for individuals and small businesses created through purchasing pools and market reforms within the bill ...

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman's floor speech detailing the urgency and necessity of health care reform. The Senate is currently debating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. More information is at bingaman.senate.gov.

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman discusses drastically rising growth in both the cost of insurance and in premiums, as well as New Mexicos high rate of uninsured, in the first part of a two-part series focusing on how health care reform will impact the state and citizens of New Mexico. Majority Leader Harry Reid released his health care reform bill earlier this week, which combines the two measures passed earlier this year by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the Senate ...

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman outlines some of the provisions contained within the Military Construction Appropriations Bill passed by the Senate earlier this week. The measure sets aside funding for New Mexicos Air Force Bases—Holloman, Cannon, and Kirtland—as well as White Sands Missile Range and the National Guard facility in Santa Fe. Bingaman also gives an update on health care reform, which the full Senate is expected to begin debating soon. Majority Leader Harry Reid reported a bill ...

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman offers a tribute to the late Bruce King, former governor of New Mexico, who died last Friday. King served three terms as governor, from 1971 to 1975, 1979 to 1983, and 1991 to 1995.

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman discusses the Military Construction Appropriations Bill, the major piece of business in the Senate this week. Military construction funding for New Mexicos military bases and installations is outlined in the legislation. The bill also contains an expanded budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs - fully-funding the Post-9/11 GI Bill, among other initiatives.

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman delivers a Veterans Day message thanking veterans for their service and highlighting recent initiatives to help military personnel transition from military to civilian life.

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US Senator Jeff Bingaman details some stipulations of the unemployment benefits extension bill passed out of the Senate this week. The bill extends unemployment benefit coverage for 14 weeks, which will be help the more than 2000 New Mexicans who are on track to exhaust their benefits by the end of this year. The bill also extends the first-time homebuyer assistance program through April of 2010, and eliminates the 36 month recapture requirement for military personnel serving overseas. This ...

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