Friday, June 6, 2008
What is happening in the Senate that affects the border region?
News Releases
May 22, 2008
Bingaman: Spending Bill Contains Millions of Dollars to Address Border Crime
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today voted to approve a spending bill that contains $15 million he sought to help stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico, and $90 million to assist local law enforcement agencies in tackling border-related crime. The bill passed, but must be approved by the House of Representatives before it can be sent to President Bush.
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May 15, 2008
Bingaman: Spending Bill Contains $5 Million to Help Disarm Mexican Drug Cartels, $100 Million for Law Enforcement in the Border Region
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today said he is pleased the Senate version of an emergency spending bill contains $5 million he sought to help stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico, and $100 million to assist law enforcement agencies in tackling border-related crime.
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May 13, 2008 10:05:29
Farm Bill Contains Bingaman-Authored Provisions to Create Jobs in the Border Region
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that the final version of the recently negotiated farm bill contains legislation he wrote to bolster economic development along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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April 16, 2008
Bingaman Introduces Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act
Senator Also Seeks Funding to Help Disarm Drug Cartels
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April 01, 2008
Bingaman Questions Need for Waiver of 30 Federal Laws for the Construction of a Border Fence
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today asked the Bush administration to justify the need to waive more than two dozen laws in order to construct planned fencing along several hundred miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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E-Newsletter
April 01, 2008 13:04:57
Securing the Border
My April 2008 newsletter addresses the recent violence along the United States-Mexico border.
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