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Summary: GraniteGrok is asking that our ‘Grok friends in the Legislature, including the Freedom Caucus, to vote yes for the budget. And no, I’ve not lost my mind. I do expect, however, that this will tick a number of folks off.
In a joint House-Senate committee today, the Senate openly carried out the governor’s bidding by adding language to the budget that would make his emergency powers fundamentally stronger than they have been over the past 15 months while including only nominal checks from the Legislature that functionally will not work to limit the governor’s power.
CONCORD, NH – Sen. Kevin Avard (R-Nashua) issued the following statement on today’s House passage of SB 52, regarding municipal tax caps:
June 11, 2021: This week, the House and Senate met to consider amendments to each other’s bills (the House on Senate amendments to House bills, and vice versa.)
CONCORD, N.H. — House Freedom Caucus members are deeply troubled by the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the next state budget because the Senate Finance Committee has stripped out necessary State of Emergency reforms and lays the groundwork for a Committee of Conference failure.
Yesterday afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on four Cornerstone-supported bills, among them HB 625, the Fetal Life Protection Act.
Former Nashua Alderman-at-Large Dan Moriarty has been fighting to protect the Nashua spending cap. He needs our help to save it.
New Hampshire Senate Bill 155 (SB155) has a bunch of COVID-related Emergency Order-ish remedies in it. It establishes temporary health partners, allows for emergency licensing of medical providers, allows pharmacists to test and vaccinate pharmacy technicians, and could include a proposed amendment to prohibit vaccine passports.
Please thank House Leaders for standing their ground on emergency powers reforms, and contact all 24 senators, asking them to support the budget. As written, the State of Emergency would end.
