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Your State House 6/11/21

January 12, 2025June 13, 2021 Carol McGuire

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.) Since, in most cases, the changes were minor (wording changes, effective date changes, making it one senator on a committee rather than three) we agreed with most … Read more

House Freedom Caucus Sees Senate Finance Amendments As Recipe For Committee Of Conference Disaster

May 28, 2021 Op-Ed

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.

Help Preserve the Fetal Life Protection Act!

May 26, 2021 Op-Ed

Yesterday afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on four Cornerstone-supported bills, among them HB 625, the Fetal Life Protection Act.

Urgent: Take Action Today to Save the Nashua Spending Cap

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 Beth Scaer

Former Nashua Alderman-at-Large Dan Moriarty has been fighting to protect the Nashua spending cap. He needs our help to save it.

This Amendment to SB155 Could Ban COVID-Passports in New Hampshire…

April 26, 2021 Steve MacDonald

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.

House Leaders Tell Senate: Budget Won’t Pass Without Emergency Reforms!

April 15, 2021 Op-Ed

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.

The House Defends the New Hampshire Republic The Senate Must Follow Suit

November 19, 2024April 14, 2021 Andrew Manuse

Last week, the New Hampshire House showed it understands the gravity of our time, advancing reforms within its budget to end the current State of Emergency and restore a balance of powers in our state. We owe these men and women a debt of gratitude.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From Friday’s NH House Session (04/09/21)?

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Judy Aron

We learned that it took us a full day from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm to get through 33 House bills. All were recommended by their committee as Ought To Pass (OTP) by their respective committees, except for the last 3 bills that were recommended as Inexpedient To Legislate (ITL) by their respective committees.

Breaking: NH House Passes Emergency Reforms Along with State Budget – It’s Time to Contact the Senate!

April 7, 2021 Op-Ed

The N.H. House passed the budget bills today containing the emergency powers reforms that you helped us include, and now the bill is on its way to the Senate. We appreciate the representatives who voted with us today, and we also appreciate you for reminding them to do the right thing. Thank you!

UPDATE I: Senate Study Commission for GrandFamilies – Two Legislative Hurdles Crossed

March 24, 2021 Skip

As I said here, there is an effort to restart the Grandfamilies Commission in SB143 – an omnibus that contains the language to restart the process.

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Time Has Come to Put an End to the NH Gun Line

March 24, 2021 Op-Ed

On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, the Senate Finance Committee heard SB141. To determine the new fiscal¹ note as appropriate or a last-minute attempt to stop the policy adopted by the Senate to eliminate the need for firearms dealers to call the NH gun line when selling a pistol or revolver.

Support Bill to Prohibit NH From Enforcing Any Presidential Executive Order Infringing on 2nd Amendment Rights

March 16, 2021 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Senate Bill (SB154) is simple. It “prohibits any person acting under color of state law from taking any action, expending any funds, or exercising any power of the state of New Hampshire to enforce any Executive Order of the President of the United States issued after January 20, 2021, which has the purpose or effect of restricting or regulating the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”

Why Hasn’t the Legislature Reclaimed Its Authority – What Are They Waiting for, Gov. Sununu’s Permission?

February 24, 2021 Doris Hohensee

Under Sununu’s State of Emergency any law, even those passed over his veto, can be suspended by him by decree — as long as the Long Emergency continues in force. The NH legislative process is a sham until the Long Emergency is revoked, which, amazingly, can be done by the House and Senate by simple majority vote.

Sununu Proves He Believes He’s an Elected King

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Skip

We take shots at the Pravda on the Merrimack (Concord Monitor) and just like everyone else we thank them when they’re right. In an article in which both the headline and the lede gets it correct Ethan DeWitt nails it and properly confirms my title.

Violating The Rights of the People of New Hampshire

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Op-Ed

The people of this State need to contact their representatives and demand that these three questions be presented by Both Chambers of the legislature and submitted to the NH Supreme Court for an advisory opinion under the Constitution of NH Part II Article 74.

FB Doodlings: When the NH GOP Gets the Majorities in the House and the Senate

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 Skip

As seen on Facebook From” Making the Rounds” in NH Business Review in December 4 edition: “It is a historical fact that a political party that experiences as much success as the NHGOP did in Nov. immediately turns to bad blood, backbiting, and bickering. Or, to use a rather strong term, political cannibalism, eating its own.”

How Did Those UNH and Cook Report NH House and Senate Election Predictions Turn Out?

November 5, 2020 Skip

On the day of the election, we published the UNH Survey Center’s projections for the NH Legisalture actually didn’t too bad compared to the Cook Political Report, which we also shared. Their projection was not very good.

Final Results* – NH Republicans Flip The State Senate [*updated]

November 5, 2020 Steve MacDonald

WMUR has been very slow to update any number of New Hampshire’s State-level races (as final), so I bypassed the bias and went straight to the Secretary of State’s Web Site. We knew we took majorities all across the board, and I wanted the real numbers.

ReopenNH Sends Voting Block to Concord to Restore Freedom

November 5, 2020 Op-Ed

EAST DERRY, N.H.—Voters sent a message by electing a block of ReopenNH candidates on Tuesday during the state’s General Election, and now it’s time for our endorsed candidates to get to work restoring the Republic of New Hampshire.

A 2am Summary – 2020 Electoral Results – President, NH State Wide, and Other Races That Amuse Me.

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Skip

UPDATE (Wednesday 7:36am): A few numbers have changed but not real “change” in the outcomes – yet. More later. US House – Republicans have picked up 4 seats but Dems still have the majority (predictions that Dems would add to their majority were wrong).