Another day, another administration and Senate, another partisan fight that catches a highly qualified Supreme Court candidate in the crosshairs. Democrats complain with some justification that Republicans should have taken up the nomination of well-qualified Merrick Garland late in President Obama’s term.
Category: Representative Martin Heinrich
US Senators from New Mexico push for bill to protect young immigrants
Both New Mexico U.S. Senators introduced a bill aimed at protecting thousands of young immigrants who arrived in the country as children. Democrats Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall are pushing the “Project Dreamer Confidentiality Act.”
EPA rejects $1.2B in mine-spill claims
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it will not repay claims totaling more than $1.2 billion for economic damages from a mine waste spill the agency accidentally triggered in Colorado, saying the law prohibits it. Attorneys for the EPA and the Justice Department concluded that the EPA is barred from paying the claims because of sovereign immunity, which prohibits most lawsuits against the government.