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  Jeff Bingaman - Congresspedia
Bingaman was a supporter of the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, which addressed royalties and tax breaks previously afforded to oil and gas companies.
Bingaman was Attorney General of New Mexico from 1978 untill his election to the U.S. Senate in 1982, when he defeated Republican incumbent and former astronaut Harrison Schmitt.
Bingaman and his senate colleague Pete Domenici are currently the longest serving duo among current Senators.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman   (1131 words)

  
 Sen. Jeff Bingaman on America's Energy Policy . Transcript | NOW on the News - PBS
This week, we're talking to Senator Jeff Bingaman, who is about to take over as the new Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
JEFF BINGAMAN: Nice to be with you, Maria.
BINGAMAN: Well I think what we need to do is adopt a national, market based cap and trade system, which would put limits on the amount of green house gases that can be emitted.
www.pbs.org /now/news/249-transcript.html   (886 words)

  
 Inside Washington: What You Didn't Know About Sen. Jeff Bingaman - US News and World Report
Bingaman was born in the mining town of Silver City, N.M., where his father was a science professor at Western New Mexico University and his mother taught in the public schools.
Bingaman met his future wife, Anne Kovacovich, at Stanford, where they were both in law school; they have one son, John.
She was the center of controversy when it was disclosed that she had accepted $2.5 million from Global Crossing Corp. to lobby on behalf of favorable antitrust legislation, which subsequently passed.
www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/061110/10bingamanfacts.htm   (421 words)

  
 New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman chats about global warming and the heated climate around the energy bill | By Amanda ...
He may hail from an energy state out West, and he may be a soft-spoken moderate, but Jeff Bingaman, Democratic senator from New Mexico and ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has joined the sparsely populated ranks of members of Congress pushing for real progress on climate change.
Bingaman's proposal would require industries to begin slowing the growth of their greenhouse-gas emissions through an emissions-trading program.
But Bingaman did manage to push through some other firsts: He sponsored the most aggressive renewable-energy standard ever passed in the Senate, requiring utilities to produce 10 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2020 (up from less than 3 percent today).
www.grist.org /news/maindish/2005/07/15/little-bingaman/index.html   (1875 words)

  
 Senator Jeff Bingaman: About Jeff Bingaman
Jeff Bingaman grew up in Silver City in a family with deep New Mexico small town roots.
Jeff was elected New Mexico Attorney General in 1978.
In 1982, he won election to the United States Senate, and in 2006, was re-elected to serve a fifth term.
bingaman.senate.gov /about   (386 words)

  
 Senator Jeff Bingaman: News and Statements
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman Statement on Writ of Habeas Corpus
Bingaman Floor Speech on the America Competes Act 2007
Bingaman Floor Speech On The Gulf Of Mexico Energy Security Act Of 2006
bingaman.senate.gov /news   (191 words)

  
 ACP Pressroom - Senator Jeff Bingaman is awarded the Joseph F. Boyle Award for Distinguished Public Service
Senator Jeff Bingaman is awarded the Joseph F. Boyle Award for Distinguished Public Service
The Award is bestowed upon a current or former government official or a physician acting in an official capacity (state or federal, executive or legislative) who has provided outstanding public service toward improving the delivery of health care.
Senator Bingaman is a member of the Senate Finance Committee with oversight responsibility for Medicare and Medicaid.
www.acponline.org /college/pressroom/bingaman_award.htm   (406 words)

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