A couple minutes with Orrin Hatch: Gun control, spending and the Obama-Romney...
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) speaks in Albuquerue, 7/21/12 Orrin Hatch, the six-term Republican senator from Utah, was in Albuquerque Saturday (July 21) campaigning for Heather Wilson as she takes on...
View ArticleMiguel Garcia to introduce gun control bill
Diane Feinstein is introducing a bill in the US Senate to try to ban assault weapons. Now, here in New Mexico, state Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-Albququerque) says he’ll introduce his own bill aimed at...
View ArticleGun background check bill “back in the saddle”
Five days after his bill aimed at establishing background checks at gun shows in New Mexico was deadlocked in its first committee hearing, Rep. Miguel Garcia, D-Albuquerque, announced Saturday night...
View ArticleRepublicans — at least some of them — get behind gun-show bill
Four of the seven Republicans in a House Judiciary Committee support a bill that closes what gun-control advocates refer to as the gun-show loophole. The bill, which stalled in the committee before...
View Article‘Gun show loophole’ bill passes NM House — moves to Senate
GETTING THROUGH THE HOUSE: New Mexico House of Representatives passes a bill aimed at closing what’s called the “gun show loophole,” 2/13/13. New Mexico Watchdog photo. A bill aimed at closing what...
View ArticleGun-control bills in NM fizzling as session nears end
RUNNING OUT OF AMMO?: Gun-control bills drew big crowds in the New Mexico statehouse but time may be running out for legislation. In the first few weeks of the current 60-day legislative session, gun...
View Article“Gun show loophole” bill runs out of time
It wasn’t taken up on the Senate floor until the final 35 minutes of the 60-day session and a bill aimed at closing what advocates say is the gun show loophole died one step short of reaching the...
View ArticleBackground checks on guns fails in US Senate — Heinrich and Udall vote yes...
A couple days ago, it looked like an amendment to a gun control bill backed by President Obama calling for expanded background checks would get through the U.S. Senate but on Wednesday afternoon on...
View ArticleVIDEO: America’s troubles set to Auto-Tune
Confused by the national political scene that seems to get crazier every day? Well, a music video making the rounds on the Internet may not clear things up for you on issues like gun control, drones...
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