The grassroots organization Republicans for Environmental Protection singled out Domenici as “ Worst in the Senate in 2006 ” on environmental issues.

In addition to assigning Domenici a score of zero for his environmental voting record, the group issued him “ environmental harm demerits ” for what they saw as two particularly irresponsible acts: first, for spearheading efforts to include in federal budget legislation provisions for “ speculative revenues from oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ; second, “ for sponsoring and securing passage of S. 3711, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, which would perpetuate America ’ s dangerous oil dependence, set a precedent for drilling in sensitive marine waters, and direct a disproportionate share of federal royalty revenues from a public resource to four states .”

Additionally, then U. S. Senator Pete Domenici announced funding for the nuclear bunker-buster has been dropped from the U. S. Department of Energy's 2006 budget at the department's request.

Pietro Vichi " Pete " Domenici ( born May 7, 1932 ) is an American Republican politician, who served six terms as a United States Senator from New Mexico, from 1973 to 2009, the longest tenure in the state's history.

During his career, he joined with Republican U. S. Senator Pete Domenici from New Mexico in introducing legislation that places mental illness under the umbrella of health insurance.

The change was introduced by Representatives Fred Upton ( R-MI ) and Edward Markey ( D-MA ) and added to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ; the House had originally approved a motion that would have extended DST even farther from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday in November, but Senators Jeff Bingaman ( D-NM ) and Pete Domenici ( R-NM ) agreed to scale back the proposal in conference committee due to complaints from farmers and the airline industry.

Domenici was born in Florence, from where he graduated in moral philosophy.

Domenici was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, to Italian-American parents Alda ( née Vichi ), an illegal immigrant, and Cherubino Domenici, who were born in Sorbarro, Italy.

A possible indictment could have buoyed the re-election hopes of Rep. Heather Wilson ( R-N. M .), who was seeking to replace Domenici when the senator retires after his current term.

Among the best-known people who have attended the University of Florence are Italian President Alessandro Pertini ; Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini ; Italian political leaders Giorgio La Pira, Leonardo Domenici and Matteo Renzi ; astrophysicist Margherita Hack ; botanist Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli ; immunologist Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli ; philosopher Giacomo Marramao ; poets Margherita Guidacci and Mario Luzi.

Domenici later admitted calling Iglesias, though Domenici claimed he never used the word " November " when he called Iglesias about an ongoing Albuquerque courthouse corruption case.

The light punishment came after the committee found “ no substantial evidence ” that Domenici tried to influence attorney David Iglesias when he contacted him to inquire about the status of a 2006 investigation into corruption charges on a state Democratic official.

The Ethics Committee said that Domenici ’ s phone call to Iglesias, in advance of an upcoming election, “ created an appearance of impropriety that reflected unfavorably on the Senate ”.

On the House / Senate conference decision to bolster the Department of Commerce and support the Clinton Administration priorities, President Clinton remarked, “ I commend the congressional leadership, Senator Ernest Hollings, Senator Pete Domenici, Congressman Neal Smith, and Congressman Harold Rogers, for their foresight and support in revitalizing this country through these programs.

In his last major election against Pete Domenici in 1972, Daniels took advantage of his name, which was similar to that of Jack Daniel's, a popular alcoholic beverage.

It is thus designated in several medieval texts mentioned by the Bollandists ( e. g. an old Missal of Augsburg has a Mass " De S. Veronica seu Vultus Domini ") of (" Saint Veronica, or the Face of the Lord "), and Matthew of Westminster speaks of the imprint of the image of the Savior which is called Veronica: " Effigies Domenici vultus quae Veronica nuncupatur " (" effigy of the face of the Lord which is called a Veronica ").

Domenici has been an avid proponent of nuclear power and has published two books on the subject: " A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy " ( Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004 ), which he wrote ; and " Advanced Nuclear Technologies — Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, U. S. Senate " ( Collingdale, Pennsylvania: D I A N E Publishing Company, 1999 ), which he edited.

Domenici has denied trying to influence Iglesias, and has hired lawyer K. Lee Blalack II to represent him.

" Domenici said of the closed investigation, " The Justice Department has now confirmed what I have always said and believed: I never attempted to interfere with any government investigation.

Dinh has served as Associate Special Counsel to the U. S. Senate Whitewater Committee, as Special Counsel to Senator Pete V. Domenici for the Impeachment Trial of President Bill Clinton, and as counsel to the Special Master in In re Austrian and German Bank Holocaust Litigation.

Back in America, he attended the University of Virginia Law School and worked as an attorney and staffer to Senator Pete Domenici in Washington, D. C., before attending the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy to become a priest.

A week later, a Justice Department email to the White House counsel stated: " Domenici is going to send over names tomorrow ( not even waiting for Iglesias's body to cool ).

Environmentalists had lobbied for the more inclusive protections of National Park status instead of the Trust model, but then Senator Pete Domenici insisted on the experimental approach as a condition for his support for public purchase.

When Iglesias said an indictment would not be handed down until at least December, Domenici said " I'm very sorry to hear that " — and the line went dead.

Domenici announced on October 4, 2007, his decision not to seek re-election to the Senate in 2008 for health reasons, in particular frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

Domenici serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on budget and nuclear energy issues.

In 1966, Domenici successfully ran for a position on the Albuquerque City Commission and in 1968 was elected Commission Chairman.

According to the Justice Department, Domenici called the Department and demanded Iglesias be replaced on four occasions.

The task force began its work in February 2010 and, led by Domenici, released a report on November 17, 2010 on ways to address and reduce the national debt and deficit.

He unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 1970 on an ticket headed by future Senator Pete Domenici.

The senators on the committee were: Republicans Domenici, Craig, Thomas, Alexander, Murkowski, Burr, Grassley and Democrats Bingaman, Akaka, Dorgan, Wyden, Johnson, and Baucus.

In 1972, Domenici successfully ran for a position in the U. S. Senate and became the first New Mexico Republican to be elected to the position in 38 years.

Domenici polled 204, 253 votes ( 54 percent ) to 173, 815 ( 46 percent ) for Hobbs real estate company owner Democrat Jack Daniels.

Prior to the 2006 midterm election Domenici called and pressured then-United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico David Iglesias to speed up indictments in a federal corruption investigation that involved at least one former Democratic state senator.

On April 24, 2008, Domenici was admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee for " inappropriately " contacting in 2006 one of the nine U. S. attorneys later fired by President Bush.

On October 8, 2007, Chávez announced his candidacy for the U. S. Senate seat that was being vacated by retiring Republican Senator Pete Domenici.

Iglesias charged that Domenici and Wilson were pressuring him to wrap up the investigation before that November ’ s elections, a violation of ethics rules.

Four years later, New Mexico Tech agreed to purchase the town and the surrounding 1200 acres ( 4. 9 km² ) for $ 5 million, using Department of Homeland Security funds secured by Pete Domenici.

* Domenici secures $ 80 million in additional funds to support national security work carried out in New Mexico

The statement was also made that undoubtedly the railroad had received some compensating benefit from the telegraphers, but that it was difficult to imagine what could balance a job for life.

To be sure, the capital investments in ( or, alternatively, the estimated `` fair values '' of ) the plant and equipment are apportioned among the different classes, as are also the gross revenues received from the sales of the different services.

He also received a Master of Science degree from Texas A & I College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Okla..

The estate of EH Shepard also received a sum in the deal.

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Alexis Carrel was also a member of learned societies in the U. S., Spain, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vatican City, Germany, Italy and Greece and received honorary doctorates from Queen's University of Belfast, Princeton University, California, New York, Brown University and Columbia University.

Critically, the film was also better received than the first two instalments, with some critics remarking that it was the first Harry Potter film to truly capture the essence of the novels.

The LOC also included an Operations and Checkout Building ( OCB ), to which Gemini and Apollo spacecraft were initially received prior to being mated to their launch vehicles.

She answered her accusers that she received tuition from Thomas Reid, a former barony officer who had died at the Battle of Pinkie some 30 years before and also from the Queen of the Elfhame which lay nearby.

Although Albert has received relatively little recognition in German history, his dissolution of the Teutonic State caused the founding of the Duchy of Prussia ( and also the Hohenzollern dynasty ), which would eventually become arguably the most powerful German state and instrumental in uniting the whole of Germany.

The Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar a grandson of Aurangzeb, is also known to have sent a letter to the Ottomans bu this time it was received by the Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damad Ibrahim Pasha providing a graphic description of the informing him of the efforts of the Mughal commander Syed Hassan Ali Khan Barha against the Rajput and Maratha rebellion.

In addition to James II himself ( who died a few months after the act received the royal assent ) and his Catholic children Prince James and Princess Louisa, the act also excluded the descendents of James ' sister Henrietta, the youngest daughter of Charles I. Henrietta's daughter Anne was then the Queen of Sardinia and a Catholic ; the Jacobite heirs of today are descended from her line.

He also received an honorary degree from Furman University.

Colangelo's bid received strong support from one of his friends, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and media reports say that then-acting Commissioner of Baseball and Milwaukee Brewers founder Bud Selig was also a strong supporter of Colangelo's bid.

It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson and Andrews.

Clearly written and well received, the Introduction also laid the groundwork for analytical geometry.

Acadia also received several A-level grades in the 2010 Globe and Mail Canadian University Report, receiving highest marks in six of seventeen categories.

The album's title song received some pop radio airplay and crossed over to No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100, and " 1974 ( We Were Young )" and " Saved By Love " also charted as Adult Contemporary songs.

His book, In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks, debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2010, and his second book Not Taco Bell Material also reached New York Times bestseller status and received widespread acclaim for its cutting social commentary and humor.

A 2008 Senate investigation found that Biederman also received $ 1. 6 million in speaking and consulting fees between 2000 and 2007 — some of them undisclosed to Harvard — from companies including makers of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for children with bipolar disorder.

( When the award name was changed in 1954, Capp also retroactively received a Reuben statuette.

The city also received state funds for the new library and opened the doors to the new facility in November 2006.

Five other suspected hijackers also received duplicate Florida licenses in 2001, and others had licenses from different states.

He also received numerous other awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented to him on February 23, 1983 by President Ronald Reagan.