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As the House vote on health-care reform looms, Politico says voting for the legislation would likely be “walking the plank” for U.S. Rep. Harry Teague. And though Teague says he hasn’t decided how he’ll vote, the Washington Post lists him as leaning against supporting the legislation. Continue Reading
Most Americans have little interest in the congressional health-care debate other than to wonder how much worse government will make our lives. Given their track record, most people realize there is little chance of Congress making anything better. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague sided with Republicans today in a failed bid to force a direct vote on the pending health-care reform bill the House is expected to consider Sunday. Continue Reading
The health-care reform bills currently pending in Congress are by far the most serious effort in years to rein in the staggering growth of health-care spending. If we throw this opportunity away, we are going to be sorry and broke for a long, long time. Continue Reading
Contrary to what President Barack Obama’s group Organizing for America claimed earlier today, U.S. Rep. Harry Teague hasn’t made a decision on whether to support pending health-care reform legislation and has no related announcement planned for Thursday morning, Teague’s spokeswoman says. Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., will announce Thursday morning whether he plans to vote for or against the pending health-care reform bill, President Barack Obama’s group Organizing for America is claiming. Continue Reading
Common Cause New Mexico is touting new polling that shows that voters in the 1st and 2nd congressional districts are concerned about special-interest influence in Washington and want campaign-finance reform. Continue Reading
The New York Times is the latest news outlet to single out U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., as one of the House Democrats who could decide the fate of health-care reform, highlighting the immense pressure on Teague from the left and right as the debate comes to a head. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Martin Heinrich is doing as U.S. representative for the 1st Congressional District. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Susana Martinez, Brian Moore and Matt Rush scored big wins at the state GOP’s preprimary convention today. Click on the headline for those and other numbers from the convention. Continue Reading
What started as something to protect each of us against catastrophic loss has turned into a question of how I can get my neighbor to pay my health-care costs. Voting to change our health care to be more like Medicare will come back to haunt politicians in November. I guarantee it. Continue Reading
Lost in the whole health-care debate are simple questions, like what kind of system creates the best incentives for people to stay healthy. The answer to that question was made clear to me this week by CIGNA. Continue Reading
The majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said they approve of the job Harry Teague is doing as U.S. representative for the 2nd Congressional District. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Here’s the standard disclaimer Gov. Bill Richardson’s office often gives when a report surfaces saying Richardson is a candidate for a job somewhere outside of New Mexico. Continue Reading
Gov. Bill Richardson is “one of a mix” of people under consideration to head the Motion Picture Association of America, the National Journal’s “Under the Influence” is reporting. Continue Reading