New Mexico Rep. Karen Bash, D-Albuquerque, speaks to a fellow lawmaker on the House floor on Friday in Santa Fe, N.M. The Democratic-controlled New Mexico Legislature ended Saturday, after passing bills to increase education spending and create an independent ethics commission.
Russell Contreras/Associated Press
New Mexico Sen. Gabriel Ramos, D-Silver City, takes notes on a bill on the Senate floor on Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Santa Fe, N.M. The Democratic-controlled New Mexico Legislature ended Saturday, after passing bills to increase education spending and create an independent ethics commission.
Russell Contreras/Associated Press
New Mexico Sen. John Sapien, D-Bernalillo, left, meets with Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf on the House floor on Friday, March 15, 2019 in Santa Fe, N.M. The Democratic-controlled New Mexico Legislature ended Saturday, after passing bills to increase education spending and create an independent ethics commission.
Russell Contreras/Associated Press
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, below, urges members of the Legislature’s powerful Senate Finance Committee including chairman John Arthur Smith to provide new funding for early childhood education on Friday, March 15, 2019, in Santa Fe, N.M. Lujan Grisham wants to tap a multibillion-dollar education trust after creating a new agency to oversee early childhood programs. She brought her granddaughter Avery Stewart to the hearing and said the state is making a “Sophie’s choice” to educate some young children and not others.
Morgan Lee/Associated Press
SANTA FE – Liberal New Mexico House freshmen lawmakers saw some bills blocked by moderate Democrats in the state Senate this session.
The Democratic first-term House lawmakers say overall they were satisfied with the results from the Democratic-controlled Legislative session that ended Saturday. But many say they were frustrated by conservative Democrats in the Senate who stalled and tabled more liberal proposals on marijuana, early childhood education and immigration.
First-term Rep. Andrea Romero, a Santa Fe Democrat, says fellow freshmen were disappointed that Senate Democrats hindered some of their initiatives. She says her class members were elected with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and have the same energy.
But Sen. John Sapien, a Bernalillo Democrat, says the Senate has a responsibility to be deliberate and examine the financial implications of all proposals.
We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. By using our site, you consent to our policies
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
