{"id":4152,"date":"2009-01-20T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/01\/lujan-praises-obama-talks-about-economy-ethics\/"},"modified":"2009-01-20T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T20:16:00","slug":"lujan-praises-obama-talks-about-economy-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/01\/lujan-praises-obama-talks-about-economy-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Lujan praises Obama, talks about economy, ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SXYxYE3GnLI\/AAAAAAAAKiE\/UKp8pmMFEyk\/s1600-h\/Lujan,+Ben.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 155px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SXYxYE3GnLI\/AAAAAAAAKiE\/UKp8pmMFEyk\/s200\/Lujan,+Ben.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293472701712080050\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HLUJA\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Lujan<\/a>, speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, had a lot of praise for new President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a> in a speech this afternoon, and he also spoke about the state\u2019s economic situation and the need for ethics reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lujan devoted a great deal of his speech, which he gave shortly after being re-elected speaker on a party-line vote, repeating lines from the inaugural address Obama gave earlier today and praising the president\u2019s policy proposals. Lujan\u2019s re-election to the speaker position was expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In his speech, Lujan also highlighted the state\u2019s struggling economy, but he said the state is \u201cnot affected in the same degree as other parts in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Still, Lujan said, the Legislature \u201cmust be prudent and fiscally responsible while being cognizant that we are working in a very fragile circumstance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Referring only briefly to the cloud of controversy that is currently hanging over the Richardson administration and Santa Fe, Lujan said he looks forward to working with the governor, attorney general and others \u201cto strengthen our resolve\u201d in the area of ethics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cTrust and confidence and integrity are the cornerstones\u2026 of our democracy,\u201d Lujan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Lujan, speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, had a lot of praise for new President Barack Obama in a speech this afternoon, and he also spoke about the state\u2019s economic situation and the need for ethics reform. Lujan devoted a great deal of his speech, which he gave shortly after being re-elected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}