19 February 2014

The New Mexico House has passed funding for the Southwest Chief

Now it is the Senate's turn.

HB 241, sponsored by Rep. Roberto "Bobby" Gonzales (D-Taos), would fund repairs to the New Mexico portion of the Southwest Chief's route through the issuance of severance tax bonds. The bill passed 47-12, but may die in the Senate because of a lack of time to consider it. New Mexico's legislative session is over at the end of this week.

Here is Rep. Gonzales talking about maintaining funding for bus service among other things:

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