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SMITH: Vanishing Committee Hearing Videos

July 16, 2026 Julie Smith

Are there any readers who remember a House Election Law hearing in the early winter of 2022 when the late Rep Mark Alliegro introduced a bill about hand counting? I’ve been unable to track down the HB number despite a search on bills that Mark sponsored and a quick look at the YouTube playlist. I … Read more

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Important Hearings This Week, PLUS Upcoming GOP Town Chair Training

February 17, 2025 Press Release

Important Hearings this Week Support Parents Rights & Women’s Privacy The Parents’ Bill of Rights is back. The House version (HB10), sponsored by Speaker Sherm Packard, will have a hearing on Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 PM in the Children and Family Law Committee (Legislative Office Building Room 206-208). This bill affirms that parents have a … Read more

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Did The Democrat Calendar End On January 6

February 1, 2025 Ray Cardello

Democrats continue to hound Trump Cabinet nominees with questions, like a record needle stuck in a groove, about January 6th, 2021. Nobody looks at the day with pride, but most of us look at the day with open eyes, not slanted by the stories of the Left. There is no evidence of any weapons used … Read more

Hassan’s Heated Hearing Performance, “Bought” To You By Big Pharma!

January 30, 2025 Steve MacDonald

In a not-so-strange coincidence, the amount of outrage, sorry, I mean objection directed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing can be tied to the amount of money the concerned “watchdog” Senator has received from … Big Pharma. A clip of New Hampshire’s own Margaret Wood Hassan made the rounds on X with … Read more

NH Family Justice Action Alert

January 21, 2025 Press Release

The legislature is now in session. Thanks to you, the rule changes we warned about last week did not pass. Therefore, every bill will have a public hearing where YOU will have a chance to make your voice heard and speak up for justice for New Hampshire children and families. Upcoming Hearings – Mark Your … Read more

Proposed NH House Hearing Rule Change Is Probably Dead But First ….

January 7, 2025 Steve MacDonald

This will be our 5th piece on a proposed NH House Rule Change (over just three days). The change, as explained to us, would allow committees to table any bill, meaning no public hearing. Save time and streamline. Eliminate redundancy. That was the plan, and everyone I’ve since heard was on board. It had bi-partisan … Read more

Proposed NH House Hearing Rule Change Is A Super Bad Idea

January 7, 2025 Doris Hohensee

Contrary to what Rep. Dan McGuire writes, the proposed rule change to allow committees to table bills without a hearing is a transparent attempt to block the people’s voice. More insidiously, it can be used to shut down what leadership considers “extremist” positions within their own party. A 75% vote in committee to “table” a … Read more

Ask Your Reps to Oppose Dangerous House Rule Change

January 7, 2025 Cornerstone Action

On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the full New Hampshire House will meet to discuss and vote on proposed changes to the House rules. One of those changes, an amendment to House rules 44-52, would be an undemocratic change to the current legislative process in New Hampshire by preventing the public from speaking and voicing their opinion on … Read more

Proposed Rule Change on NH House Hearings is a Good Idea

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Dan McGuire

In a recent op-ed on the left-leaning InDepthNH, former Rep. Marjorie Porter opposed a proposed NH House rules change that will be debated on Wednesday. Unfortunately she failed to describe the proposal, opposing it on the basis that other states have bad practices (they do) which are like this (they aren’t). Let’s start with current practice and … Read more

Protect Public Hearings at the NH State House

January 5, 2025 CNHT

The NH House of Representatives will meet for the first time on Wednesday, Jan 8th. They will vote on the House Rules that are the operational guidelines for the legislative chamber. There is a proposal to deny guaranteed public hearings for bills in Rule 44. The Full House will vote on this proposal to change Rule 44, … Read more

Gun Control Bills in the Senate – January 9th

January 7, 2024January 6, 2024 Kimberly Morin

On Tuesday, January 9^th from 1:00 – 4:00 PM, there will be two gun control bills heard in the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee. There is also a pro-2A bill that will be heard. If you can do it, show up AGAINST these bills.

NH Executive Council Hearing: Anne Edwards Nomination for Superior Court Judge Part 2

May 7, 2023 Skip

As promised, here is the second tranche of videos from the NH Executive Council that will vote to accept or deny NH Governor Chris Sununu’s nominee for a Superior Court Judgeship, Anne Edwards who has spent decade-plus working in the NH Attorney General’s office in the Elections Division. So here are a few more. Again, … Read more

Parental Bill of Rights – Plus Floor Votes and SOE Reform

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 Op-Ed

This week: Parental Bill of Rights – Plus Floor Votes and State of Emergency Reform.

We Are The Defenders of Life

February 17, 2023 Op-Ed

I have to ask, where are the defenders of life? I mean of the unborn, whom they are killing via abortions in NH, to the tune of about 2,000 a year (a guestimate because NH does not track the number of abortions).

Oppose Socialized Medicine in NH

January 21, 2023 Op-Ed

OPPOSE – HB 353, establishing an interstate compact for universal healthcare. This bill is as described: a first step towards socialized medicine.

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Action Alert – Hearings On Bills That Give Power to Local Commissions (and Other Business)

January 7, 2023 Steve MacDonald

There is legislation brewing to take power away from your county delegation and hand it to the county commissioners. It’s probably a response to the Gunstock situation, though it could be anything.

The January 6th Hearings – A Pathetic Act of Desperation

June 21, 2022 Peter Lemiska

It was more than a year ago that a mob of frustrated American voters overran the U.S. Capitol, not because they disagreed with the outcome of the 2020 presidential election but because they believed it had been seriously compromised.

Senator Blackburn and the Senate GOP Could Stop KJB’s Nomination to the Supreme Court … But Won’t

March 20, 2022 Ed Mosca

Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn recently keynoted a NH-GOP fundraiser:

Democrats Want to Discriminate against Your Children and Teachers Using the Radicalized Critical Race Theory

February 7, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

HB1576 will be up for a hearing in the House Ed Committee on Tuesday at 11 am/Room 205-207. It would repeal the anti-discrimination law that forbids teachers or administrators from using the radicalized Critical Race Theory to discriminate against your children. This must be STOPPED.

Let’s Rebuild Scientific Inquiry

November 30, 2021 Op-Ed

On November 16th, there was a public hearing for a non-germane amendment to HB255 for the purpose of requiring exemptions for conscience, religion, and medical, including prior infection for all entities in the state of New Hampshire when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.