Health insurance coverage among top issues in 30-day session
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Associated Press - January 10, 2008 7:45 AM ET
SANTA FE (AP) - State lawmakers return to work Tuesday for 30-day legislative session heavy on health care and politics.
All 112 House and Senate members stand for election this year.
And there's the looming election year in which the state's three U.S. House members decided to run for the Senate and leave their congressional seats open for challengers.
Governor Richardson will outline his agenda to the Legislature in a State of the State address shortly after the session convenes.
Senate Republican Whip Leonard Lee Rawson of Las Cruces expects election-year politics to sour the work of the Legislature.
But his view isn't shared by Democratic leaders in the House and Senate.
They expect the Legislature to consider a host of issues including universal health care, ethics and campaign finance reforms.
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