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The Official X Account for the New Mexico Democratic Senate Majority Caucus
Santa Fe, NM
Joined January 2010
State to cover costs of looming SNAP funding freeze for 460,000 residents
abqjournal.com
For at least 10 days and maybe longer, New Mexico plans to foot the expensive bill to avoid having 460,000 residents lose their food assistance benefits due to an ongoing
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If a special session of the @NMLegislature is what it takes to keep food on the tables of 450,000 New Mexicans, the @NMSenateDems are all in. #nmleg #nmpol
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NM Senate & House Democratic Leaders sent a letter calling on Sec. Rollins and the Trump Administration to ensure families across our state can keep food on their tables. The Administration has the authority and obligation to maintain these benefits, even during a shutdown.
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Interim Committees this week: Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy (10/27-28); Legislative Interim Committee Working Group (10/28); Water & Natural Resources Committee (10/29-30). For Details and Agendas: https://t.co/Gj54oRKkT4
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$8 million bosque restoration project could be model for more ‘pearls’ along the Rio Grande
abqjournal.com
Milkweed grows on a terraced bank of the Rio Grande just south of an outfall where 50 million gallons of clean water are released into the river daily from the
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Interim Committees this week: Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee (10/20-22); Indian Affairs (10/22-24); Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight (10/23); Science, Technology & Telecommunications (10/23-24). Details & Agendas: https://t.co/Gj54oRKkT4
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Short but busy week for Interim Committees. Kicking off with Legislative Finance (10/14-16) and Military & Veterans' Affairs (10/14), followed by Education Study Committee (10/15-17) and Courts Corrections & Justice (10/16-17). For details: https://t.co/9Pf9yR0LbQ
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OPINION: New Mexico Senate showed bipartisan cooperation is alive in one Statehouse
abqjournal.com
In this age of intense partisan division in government, the New Mexico State Senate demonstrated remarkable bipartisan collaboration to help ordinary residents of our state during its Special Session...
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Interim meetings this week: Health & Human Services Committee (10/6-9); Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee (10/6); Land Grant Committee (10/7). Agendas and info: https://t.co/Gj54oRKkT4
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The Senate has passed (34-3) HB 2: HEALTH CARE COVERAGE CHANGES. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. While Washington strips away protections and premiums skyrocket, New Mexico is expanding access and ensuring no family pays more than they can afford for coverage
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The Senate is back on the floor to debate HB 2: HEALTH CARE COVERAGE CHANGES https://t.co/YnIx6efM3e
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The Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee is now meeting to debate and discuss HB 2: HEALTH CARE COVERAGE CHANGES. https://t.co/aHyHzATEei
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Next up on the Senate floor, HB1: the General Appropriations bill. In addition to providing funding for the session, HB1 contains investments for rural healthcare, food assistance programs, disaster relief, and support for public broadcasting https://t.co/VQeW5XBilk
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Senate Finance Committee now debating HB 1, the budget bill. In addition to providing funding for the session, HB 1 contains investments for rural healthcare, food assistance programs, disaster relief, and support for public broadcasting. https://t.co/zuWdiP79ym
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Senator @jeff4nm takes a moment on the Senate floor to recognize Nancy Orta, New Mexico's Teacher of the Year. Congratulations from the entire state senate! https://t.co/abvUDwEt04
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