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I haven't investigated her yet, but I'll take a quick look now ( I'm waiting on a call from my wife's Doc- she's had some weird neck symptoms return & we're trying to figure out what to do next )--

Rats! Nothing showed up in domain: Freerepublic.com, and too much clutter in a general web search.

I worked in a telecom company in Dallas (Valor Telecom) for about six months. (July-Dec 1999.) Bingaman worked there in some executive capacity. My boss went to great lengths to keep me away from her.

Here's what I found:

The senatorial wife who hit it big was Anne Bingaman, married to New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. As lobbyist for the telecommunications comet Global Crossing, which went bankrupt last month, she received $2,500,000 for six months' work during 1999.

NY Times

And one of those articles that makes you go hmmmmmmm.....

A front page article in the Saturday Santa Fe New Mexican reported the wife of Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) received $2.5 million in fees as a lobbyist on behalf of the fiber-optic company, Global Crossing. The paper reported that Anne Bingaman's office released a statement in which she stated she, "never met or spoke at any member of Congress or congressional staff on behalf of Global Crossing."

Free Republic Article - 01/29/02

And another FR link with lots of other links about Ms. Bingaman:

Free Republic Article - 01/31/02

Also, found this little tidbit about her hubby and Enron:

Point 8: Democratic Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman personally met with Enron Corp. Chairman Ken Lay in June 2001 to discuss energy policy. The June 21 meeting was a few weeks after Bingaman, a top Senate recipient of Enron's political contributions and a former Enron stockholder, had become chairman of the energy committee following the Democrats' taking control of the Senate. The two men discussed proposals to restructure energy markets that were going to be coming before Bingaman's committee, but he said nothing Enron has done has influenced his work in the Senate (right!!!). By the time Lay and Bingaman met, Enron's stock had already begun its precipitous slump that ended in the largest bankruptcy filing in history on Dec. 2 and has sparked numerous investigations by congressional committees and a Justice Department probe. Bingaman's Energy Committee is planning a hearing at the end of the month to investigate whether additional oversight and regulation of the electrical markets is needed. A week before the June meeting Bingaman's financial manager sold 200 shares of Enron stock from one of the senator's investment funds. The stock had been bought in October 2000 for $16,525 and sold June 15 for $9,596.

Enron should be called "Demron"

What happened to the first Mrs. Daschle? Was TD cheating on his wife with Linda Hall? Is that why he married her?