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New Mexico

By The Center for Public Integrity

A snapshot of ethics practices in New Mexico

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"… 00. For more information or to purchase the reference, visit www.cogel.org. …"

"… attorney general.More InfoWhat, if any, ethics agency exists in the state?New Mexico has an Ethics Administration in the Office of the Secretary of State.http: …"

"… rsee legislators, is legislative oversight defined in statute?No. However, New Mexico Statute s.10-16-11 requires the legislature to draft a code of conduct.htt …"

"… Are there state statutes that address ethical conduct for legislators?Yes. New Mexico Statute, Chapter 10, Article 16, "Government Conduct Act" contains some pr …"

Daily Disclosure: Environmental groups battle for New Mexico Senate seat

By Rachael Marcus

Sierra Club and others report spending against GOP candidate Heather Wilson.

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"… olls in support of Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich., on July 18, FEC filings show. …"

"… ic population and those voters tend to lean left. A win for Republicans in New Mexico could help the GOP take the Senate.The League of Conservation Voters has a …"

"… aided Wilson’s run with “Another,” “Stands,” and “Fighting for New Mexico.”The Sierra Club Political Committee, Environment America Inc., and the …"

DOE inspector general recommends consolidating national labs

By Douglas Birch

DOE inspector general recommends the nation's 16 national atomic labs be streamlined or shut down.

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"… t of its nuclear and energy research programs has changed little since the Manhattan Project of the 1940s, when several labs now run by the agency worked together to p …"

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Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

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"… n 87,000 people — mostly Medicare-eligible seniors in Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas. The company’s PAC dipped its feet in the political waters fo …"

The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

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"… lysis firm Point Carbon, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat, said he feared offsets were “fraught with opportunities for ga …"

"… Begich of Alaska, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, and Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico. The four other new Democratic senators replaced Republicans who supported …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… responding aggressively enough.In the fall of 2006, the U.S. attorney for New Mexico, David Iglesias, met Patrick Rogers for lunch at an Albuquerque restaurant …"

"… up, with the Republicans in danger of losing control of Congress, and with New Mexico increasingly looking like a swing state — Rogers made his unhappiness kn …"

"… wing state — Rogers made his unhappiness known.He wasn’t the only one. New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, a powerful Republican, placed three calls to Gonzal …"

"… lez to complain about Iglesias. Also joining the chorus was Allen Weh, the New Mexico GOP chairman, who had previously complained about Iglesias to an aide to K …"

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Beleaguered FAA is slow to ramp up for its role in human space travel

By Laurel Adams

GAO: Federal Aviation Administration has been slow to figure out its role in human space travel

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"… rism flights, and states are rolling out economic incentives. In June 2010 New Mexico provided $190 million to construct a spaceport and Florida provided over $ …"

Jeff Bingaman — Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

By Aaron Mehta

As chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, New Mexico Democrat Jeff Bingaman has been in the middle of the contentious debate o

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"… device for the army …"

"… 2001-2003 and again since 2007.Bingaman rose quickly through the ranks of New Mexico politics, winning a 1978 race for attorney general before being elected to …"

American Action Network goes shirtless to slam Oregon Democrat

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

A reader in Portland, Ore. alerted us to a new American Action Network ad that accuses freshman Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader of stripping t

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"… om Perriello of Virginia, Steve Kagen of Wisconsin, and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico.American Action Network said it spent $350,000 to produce and air the ad, …"

Forecast improving for proposed rule aimed at border gun trafficking

By David Heath

Controversial proposal to curb gun smuggling into Mexico likely to pass tracking

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"… es is seeking a pilot program to require gun dealers in California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to report multiple sales of certain types of rifles within any …"

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