Tag: US Congress

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GOP Legislative Agenda Faces Daunting Hurdles

March 27, 2025 George Caldwell

George Caldwell – The Daily Signal When members of Congress return from recess this week, they will face challenges in their efforts to effect legislative change. The GOP is attempting to codify President Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda with narrow majorities in the House and Senate, all while a growing faction of Democrats is pushing for leadership to resist … Read more

Democrats Are Full Of Schiff

June 24, 2023 Ray Cardello

It may be a symbolic gesture, but the House Republicans passed a resolution on Wednesday to censure Representative Adam Schiff. This resolution passed on a party vote, but to censure a representative is the second highest penalty imparted on a House member, the highest being expulsion. The censure was based on the Republican consensus that … Read more

RadFems & Conservatives Agree: Protect Single-Sex Spaces

February 27, 2022 Beth Scaer

What do the radical feminist organization Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), Christian advocacy organization Cornerstone, and Republican candidate for the first congressional district Karoline Leavitt have in common?

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Candidate For US Congress Visits Gilford Manufacturing Firm (NH-1)

February 12, 2022 Steve MacDonald

As the US midterm election season begins in earnest, candidates seeking party nominations start to make the rounds. Recently, Tim Baxter, a Seacoast state representative seeking the Republican nomination for New Hampshire’s First Congressional District (the seat currently held by Democrat Chris Pappas), visited a Gilford manufacturing company to discuss his campaign and hear from potential primary voters.

BCRC November Meeting – NH State Rep Tim Baxter also makes his pitch to go to Congress

November 12, 2021 Skip

As with Matt Mowers and Karoline Leavitt, Tim Baxter is seeking to be the Republican nominee to take on US Congressman Chris Pappas and put the latter into retirement. While not the keynote speaker this time, I am taking that this is a taste of a longer speech in the future:

BCRC November Meeting – Matt Mowers Makes His Case to Be the New Us Congressman from NH.

November 11, 2021 Skip

Also last night, what will continue for the next year, was another person seeking the NH GOP nomination for US Congress in CD-1 to replace current Democrat Chris Pappas. That would be Matt Mowers taking another run at unseating Chris Pappas from representing NH’s First Congressional District:

AOC May Get “Gerrymanded” Out of Her Congressional Seat?

December 30, 2020 Skip

This is pretty funny. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was already passed over (er, snubbed) for a high visibility seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and this write up in the NY Post alludes to what may be happening to her next .

There’s Going Negative in a Republican Primary and Then There’s This Attack on Steve Negron

August 31, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Have inside the beltway smear tactics infiltrated the New Hampshire CD-2 congressional primary? A recent Facebook ad claims that Steve Negron‘s campaign is 320 million dollars in debt. Hey, if you’re going to lie, go big, right, that’s what the Democrats do.

Corey Lewandowski knows that the MSM polls are worse than whale snot

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Skip

“I have no obligation to be honest with the media because they are as dishonest as anybody else” –

Congress as well. And, of course, the MSM has had a YUGE self-righteous utterly shocked look on their face after Corey said that during his testimony to Congress this week.

Nashua GOP SteakOut – Steve Negron and Dick Hinch

September 4, 2019September 3, 2019 Skip

Next in line to speak at the Nashua GOP’s Annual SteakOut was a candidate for US Congress in NH’s Second CD, Steve Negron. He’s everywhere we go, it seems: Pssst: (whispering) It’s almost as if he’s following us! And the last speaker of the evening was NH House Republican Leader, Dick Hinch: Sadly, because of … Read more

Nashua GOP SteakOut – MicroInterview: Steve Negron

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Skip

Now before anyone starts another rumor about GraniteGrok being in the tank for Steve Negron, let me point out two things: He’s the ONLY Republican candidate that has formally announced for US Congress He keeps showing up at the events we cover. Is that it, Steve, you’re stalking GraniteGrok (heh!)? Naw but he IS working … Read more

“I fully support the Second Amendment!” – no you don’t, Mr. Edwards (Republican candidate for NH CD-1)

September 26, 2018September 4, 2018 Skip

First, let me state this: Groksters have decided to not put out an endorsement in the Republican Primary race in NH First Congressional District. We’ve basically said “a pox on both their houses” for the dumpster fire that has become the norm this go around. We interviewed both; an hour and a half with Andy Sanborn and two and a half with Eddie Edwards. Both were gracious and we were allowed to ask pretty much any question that popped into our heads. Both allowed us to video record their entire times and it was relayed that since not all of the Groksters couldn’t attend the sessions, we wanted them to be able to form their own views from the interviews. We were also given permission, by both, to post the videos if we wanted to. To date, we have not.

Which brings me to the sign above. It became clear that Mr. Edwards did not agree with it during our interview; I grow weary of politicians saying different things to different audiences. In this case, to we Groksters and then to others.

Facebook Doodling – more blithering from Andy Martin, the most experienced…

September 26, 2018August 23, 2018 Skip

More blithering from Andy Martin who is running as a Republican in NH’s First Congressional District. He generally thinks he’s a big deal in the races he enters but generally ends up, in real life and in the real results, as a zero. But he’s well known by the inside-politics people and pretty much, everyone knows he’s gonna sue somebody at sometime for something. Let’s look at this first:

CNHT Taxpayer Family Reunion Picnic – Candidates for US Congress in CD-1

September 26, 2018July 9, 2018 Skip

Candidates aplenty during the CNHT Picnic (“Old Home Day for Conservatives” – you ought to be there next year!) and with Carol SEIU-Porter retiring (just long enough to get that beefy US Congress retirement plan!), the seat is wide open. Boy, is it wide open: 6 Republicans – Michael Callis, Bruce Crochetiere, Jeffory W. Denaro, Eddie … Read more

CNHT Taxpayer Family Reunion Picnic – Candidates for US Congress in CD-2

September 26, 2018July 9, 2018 Skip

Like NH’s First Congressional District (NH CD-1), there are plenty of candidates to look at/worry over (depending on your political point of view) in CD-2. It is different than CD-1 where it is an open seat (again, Carol Shea-Porter has grabbed the Congressional retirement gold ring and bailed).

Self-proclaimed uber-Progressive Annie Kuster is gunning for another term. How quaint that term “uber-Progressive” as she was certainly that back when she first ran and now the Democrat Party is going full communism. After all, just ask the Berni-bros in the Democrat Socialists Of America wing. They are dumping ALL pretense of just being socialists and are loudly proclaiming the wonders and delights of full-on Communism while tactfully ignoring that the Full Monty version of their now beloved Communism also resulted in over 100 million deaths of their own citizens in putting it into place. But hey, that’s why they use that “broken eggs/omlette” stupidity.

But back to the Republican candidates running in CD-2.

GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Dr. Stewart Levenson

September 26, 2018June 5, 2018 Skip

Last of the candidates to talk during the Belknap County GOP’s annual fund raiser on the M/S Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee was Dr. Stewart Levenson. He, too, is running in NH’s Second Congressional District:

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GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Steve Negron

September 26, 2018June 5, 2018 Skip

Following Brian Belanger was his friend, Steve Negron. Both are running for the US House of Representatives in NH’s Second Congressional District. Like the others, Steve addressed the crowd on the M/S Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Note: it seems that a number of the candidates are prior military – many of them Air Force such as Steve Negron (Major, retired, Missile command). Turns out that David Webb, the MC, is a prior Marine – and was egged on a bit by Al Baldasaro. I think you’ll enjoy that the inter-branch rivalry that was brought up.

Full Disclosure: GraniteGrok has endorsed Steve in this election.

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GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Brian Belanger

September 26, 2018June 4, 2018 Skip

Joining Lynne Blankenbeker in NH CD-2 is another newcomer to politics: Brian Belanger. He focused his talk in his main issues:

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GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – Lynne Blankenbeker

September 26, 2018June 4, 2018 Skip

Lynne Blankenbeker was the next candidate up but this time in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District. A former NH State Representative from Concord as well as a captain in the Navy Reserves, she’s decided like Andy Sanborn to move up to the next rung on the political ladder. She, too, makes the case to the assembled … Read more

GraniteGrok reports: Annual Belknap County GOP Lake Winnipesaukee Cruise – NH State Senator Andy Sanborn

September 26, 2018June 4, 2018 Skip

NH State Senator Andy Sanborn decided to forego running for re-election to the NH Senate and decided that he would also make the run for the US House of Representatives in the NH First Congressional District. Here, he addresses the M/S Mount Washington crowd on board for the Belknap County GOP annual fundraiser. Previous Videos: … Read more