NewsNM note - We will have Congressman Steve Pearce on NewsNM at 7:00am to shed light on the games being played in the U.S. Senate. Washington Times - All sides insist they want to see a yearlong extension of the payroll-tax cut, but its chances dimmed Monday as House Republicans spurned the Senate’s two-month compromise offer and demanded face-to-face negotiations - something Senate Democrats rejected out of hand. Senators have already escaped Washington for a monthlong vacation, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said Monday he won’t bring his troops back or begin to negotiate a full-year deal until the House agrees to a two-month tax-cut extension. But House Republicans said they want a full year’s worth of certainty for taxpayers, and Speaker John A. Boehner told senators to cut short their vacations and come back to town for face-to-face talks. “Our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month short-term fix where we have to come back and do this again,” the Ohio Republican said “We’re here. We’re willing to work.” Read full story here:
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Dysfunction in U.S. Senate Continues
From KRQE-TV.com - (AP) - A day after blizzard conditions shut down much of northeastern New Mexico, state highway officials say they are mopping up and getting major thoroughfares reopened. Paul Gray with the New Mexico highway department says officials have reopened Interstate 25 between Las Vegas and the Colorado line. He said highway crews had to clear drifts as high as 5 feet in some areas between Wagon Mound and Springer. White out conditions from Las Vegas to Raton forced state police to shut the road down early Monday leaving people to wait it out in Las Vegas while the storm passed and roads were cleared. Not only road crews have to clear the highway from snow and ice, state police and the National Guard had to clear I-25 from some cars that got stuck in the white out. Car and semis have been steadily streaming onto I-25 after hours of waiting and waiting. Hotels in Las Vegas filled up Monday night with drivers who had no where to go. Now the roads are open but that doesn't mean everyone is in the clear. State police are telling drivers to play it safe. There may still be some slick spots on the interstate. Read more
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