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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Wednesday July 03, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Rep. Stansbury Releases Statement after Supreme Court Hands Down Three Critical Decisions, Including Chevron Deference Decision
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court handed down decisions on three critical cases involving Administrative Law, prosecutions of January 6 Insurrection cases, and protections for vulnerable and unhoused individuals. "Once again, the extremism of Trump's Supreme Court supermajority is on full display in today's decisions handed  more

Rep. Stansbury Releases Statement after Supreme Court Issues Blatantly Political Decision
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) released the following statement today after the conservative justices of the United State's Supreme Court issued a landmark decision(link is external) in the 6-3 ruling in former President Donald Trump's immunity case: "Nothing is more perilous to the future of our democracy than unchecked power. Frighteningly, that is what the conservative majority on the Su  more

Rep. Stansbury, Sen. Merkley Lead Letter to FEMA Urging Critical Policy Changes
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) led a bicameral letter withSen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to use all available resources to respond to the threats of extreme heat and wildfire smoke facing American communities. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), and Joe Neguse (CO-02) joined as co-leads and 60 other members of Congress signed the   more

Two Years In, Heinrich Highlights Success of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: The Department of Justice has used Heinrich provisions on gun trafficking and straw purchases to charge more than 500 defendants, removing hundreds of firearms from the streets Two years after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) into law, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the core bipartisan group of senators who negotiated and passed the bill, is highlig  more