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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) â He is New Mexicoâs second longest-serving U.S. Senator and now retired, Jeff Bingaman is talking about his 30 years in Congress. Heâs been retired for nearly ten years now and has written about it in his new book âBreakdownâ which has lessons for a congress in crisis. âItâs on the institution of Congress and the practices or tactics adopted beginning in the mid 90âs I think have undermined the ability of congress to function as it should,â said Bingaman.