Some people are calling them hostage takers. But, I prefer the term fraudster. After all, they have taken a job, with pay, and they’re not carrying it out. The job of a Congress critter is to manage the nation’s man-made and natural resources, including our currency. Rationing, especially of a substance that’s in infinite supply, [...]
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Good news! RTW tabled in the Senate
By Nora F. on April 11, 2012 in
Tags: collective bargaining, House, labor union, O'Brien, Right to Work, Senate
Good news! The New Hampshire Senate has voted to table HB 1677, Speaker O'Brien's new right-to-work bill. The bill could still be used as a bargaining chip before the end of the session, but this is a step in the right direction for the Senate, and a sign that the GOP has decided that attacking [...]
Back to the 70′s in my 60′s
The last time I carried a sign in support of Birth control was in 1970 when Bill Baird was in jail. I was 19 at the time and astounded at the ignorance that prevailed on the issue of choice and birth control. That battle was, I thought, won and done. But here I am again [...]
Republican Leadership Redistricting Plan Purposely Defies the New Hampshire Constitution
Representative David Pierce of Etna, Grafton District 9, released the following statements regarding the House Republican leadership plan for reconfiguring House districts that was voted out of committee today. “The Republican Leadership plan to reapportion House districts is unconstitutional. It violates the New Hampshire Constitution’s guarantee that towns and wards that deserve their own representative [...]
House Redistricting
Redistricting hearing starts in a few minutes. Granite State Program has posted the plan Are you seeing any “Things that make you go Hmmm…?”
“We Don’t Govern Like This!” – Budget Negotiation Tensions
By Chris Blodgett on June 15, 2011 in
Tags: amendemnts, Budget, Committee of Conference, House, NH, Senate
Today’s Concord Monitor has a lovely piece about the current Committee of Conference going on about the NH budget. Once again, the House Republican members are trying to drop amendments into the budget at the last minute. Well, Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Morse took great exception to this under-the-table method, I spent months putting this [...]
Now even the Union Leader is piling on the NH House GOP
A UL editorial today on HB542 continues the House GOP bashing going on around the state. This little gem of a bill makes education optional, or more accurately, makes it the whim of the parents. You don’t want to see your kids educated? No problem, just pull them out of school. Sure this is crazy, [...]
House GOP plans will gut state’s revenues for years
In addition to the tax cuts the GOP-controlled has passed this term, they have secretly inserted a revenue trap into the budget that will take years to remove. The House is cutting the budget of the DRA (the agency that collects taxes and other revenues on our behalf) by 30%. It is reducing DRA’s staff [...]
Navigating the General Court Web Site–A Short Course
By Lucy Weber on December 2, 2010 in
Tags: bill tracking, General Court, House, House calendar, Senate
The purpose of this diary is to give an introduction to tracking bills on the General Court web site. The General Court home page can be found here. It’s worth playing around with-there is a lot of information on this site. Because I am in the House, I will explain the House side of things, [...]
On Taming The Financial Beast, Or, Sausage Gets Made, You Get To Watch
By fake consultant on June 22, 2010 in
Tags: Barney Frank, Congress, Economics, Financial Regulation, House, legislation, Sausage Making, Senate
While we’ve all been busy watching the “oil spill live cam”, a similar uncontrolled discharge has been taking place in Washington, DC In this case, however, it’s lobbyists that are spilling all over the landscape as the House and Senate attempt to merge their two visions of financial reform. They’re trying desperately to influence the [...]