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.

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

In November 2007, Udall announced he would run for the Senate, replacing retiring incumbent Pete Domenici.

In February 2008, Domenici and one of the city assessors of Florence announced intentions to launch a suit against the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 ”.

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

Domenici also received an exceptionally low environmental rating from the nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters, who claimed in 2003 that “ uring the last decade his voting record has become even more strikingly anti-environmental .” The LCV went on to criticize Domenici for voting in 1995 “ to allow mining companies to ‘ patent ’ ( purchase ) public lands in order to extract minerals from them, without environmental standards, for the ridiculously low ‘ price ’ of $ 5 an acre or less .”

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.

United States Senator Pete Domenici ( R-NM ) is a known sufferer of FTLD, and the illness is the main reason behind his October 4, 2007 announcement of retirement at the end of his term.

* Pete Domenici ( R ) ( inc .), 53. 4 %

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.

In a March 2007 statement, Domenici admitted making such a call.

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.

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.

After her return to her home state, she became involved in the 1978 re-election campaign of Sen. Pete Domenici.

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.

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.

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.

After making that announcement, Wilson entered the United States Senate race to succeed Senator Pete Domenici, and lost in the primary to Steve Pearce.

In 1983, Sen. Domenici, by that time chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, put forth Ortega's name for the post of U. S. Treasurer.

Senators Chris Dodd and Pete Domenici sponsored the legislation in the Senate.

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.

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 ).

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 .”

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.

* Domenici, Kathy, & Littlejohn, Stephen W. ( 2001 ), Mediation empowerment in conflict management.

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 ").

United States Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico entered into the Congressional Record of the United States a request that Congress and the President join in the proclamation.

After Howard Baker retired in 1984, Stevens sought the position of Republican ( and then-Majority ) leader, running against Bob Dole, Dick Lugar, Jim McClure and Pete Domenici.

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.

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.

Domenici was unsuccessful in his 1970 attempt in New Mexico's governor's race, losing to Democrat Bruce King, 148, 835 to 134, 640.

One of the first issues that Pete Domenici concerned himself with was waterway usage fees in spite of his state lacking any waterway capable of commercial traffic.