{"id":993,"date":"2006-12-13T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/12\/breaking-news-co-chairs-for-senate-finance\/"},"modified":"2006-12-13T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-14T01:44:00","slug":"breaking-news-co-chairs-for-senate-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/12\/breaking-news-co-chairs-for-senate-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Co-chairs for Senate finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tim Jennings<\/a> of Roswell<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and John Arthur Smith<\/a> of Deming will co-chair the Senate Finance Committee, Democratic leaders decided tonight. <\/p>\n

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The compromise was reached shortly after 5 p.m. following hours of meetings involving members of the Committee\u2019s Committee. This is still a proposal that must be approved by entire Senate, but most consider that a technicality that won\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n

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Referring to the massive amount of money available to increase the state\u2019s budget this year – $723 million \u2013 Smith said he\u2019s looking forward to a challenge.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a tough year because of all the dollars,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The chairmanship was open because of the retirement of Joe Fidel<\/a>, D-Grants.<\/p>\n

Smith has been vice chair and basically run the committee for the last two years, but Sen. President Ben Altamirano<\/a>, D-Silver<\/st1:placename> City<\/st1:placetype>, originally proposed Jennings<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> being chair and Carlos Cisneros<\/a>, D-Questa, being vice chair, because they have more seniority than Smith.<\/p>\n

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The two Democrats who will run the Finance Committee are independent and have, at times, been at odds with the governor. Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> is making more of an effort to reach out to senators this session, but don\u2019t expect the Senate to be less independent than it has in past years.<\/p>\n

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Other committee assignments weren\u2019t immediately disclosed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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