News & Updates

LBA Presentation on HB1 & HB2

There will be a presentation by the Legislative Budget Assistant on the Senate Budget to the full House Tuesday, June 9th at 10am in LOB 210-211. Once the presentation begins, it will be live streamed here. There will also be a Republican Caucus in LOB rooms 210-211 directly following that presentation.

SB221 Continuing Education Materials, Video Link

Linked below are 3 handouts from today’s continuing education on SB221, relative to electric rate reduction financing: SB221 FAQ (Bradley – Feltes) SB221 FAQ (Office of Consumer Advocate) SB221 Facts and Figures (Vose) Video of the continuing education will be available in the “Archived Video” section of the below linked General Court streaming media web page: …

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House Continuing Education (Rescheduled)

DATE: Monday February 9, 2015 TOPIC: Tools Every Legislator Needs – Open to all Legislators Parliamentary Procedure; Parliamentary Inquiries; Decorum and Debate; Constituent Services; Working with the Media; Getting Bills Passed TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Representatives Hall COORDINATORS: Representatives Dick Hinch & Steve Shurtleff *Lunch will be provided.

Flanagan: A Legislative Agenda Republicans Can Be Proud Of

Every two years,  the people of New Hampshire turns their attention to the new legislature and its majority party.  What policy initiatives and campaign promises will likely  be carried forward as part of the legislative agenda of that majority party? Many of us campaigned on the simple, overarching goal of making New Hampshire an even …

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How New Hampshire’s Paltry Rainy Day Fund Stacks Up

Rainy Day Fund Comparison New Hampshire’s Rainy Day Fund – sometimes called the Revenue Stabilization Account and in other states may be called the Budget Reserve Account – was tapped by previous legislatures under Democrat control to maintain or increase spending levels in the down economy. Under the 2012-2013 Republican budget, New Hampshire was left …

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Op-Ed: Birdsell & Sanborn: It’s a job gap, not a wage gap

By Representative Regina Birdsell (R – Hampstead) & Representative Laurie Sanborn (R – Bedford) As women and as Human Resources professionals, we believe the national and state-wide Democrat agenda surrounding Paycheck Equity is unnecessary and misleading. It is against the law to pay women differently than men based on their gender.  This law has been in …

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Op-Ed: Sanborn: NH House Democrats plan to raise taxes, increase regulations

By: Rep. Laurie Sanborn (R-Bedford) Democratic House Speaker Norelli’s plans for growing the economy, as stated in her column in the Jan. 5 New Hampshire Sunday News, involve more taxpayer-funded spending, more regulations and costs imposed on New Hampshire employers, higher taxes and unnecessary expansion of government and its intrusion into our daily lives. Republicans …

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House Republican Leader Comments on House Democrats’ Surprise Medicaid Expansion Amendment

CONCORD – House Republican Leader Gene Chandler offered the following statement in reaction to the op-ed by House Speaker Terie Norelli (D-Portsmouth) published over the weekend. In the op-ed the Speaker indicated that House Democrats would offer an amendment to a retained 2013 bill that would include Medicaid Expansion legislation. Language of the amendment has …

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