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House and Senate Leaders agree on tax cap, ban on income tax

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CONCORD– House and Senate Leaders issued the following statements regarding the passage of CACR 6 and CACR 13 today:  House Speaker William O’Brien: “These two constitutional amendments, if passed by the voters, will help guaranteeNew Hampshire’s low-tax, limited-government strategy for economic growth will endure for generations to come.  By making it significantly harder to raise …

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House Speaker Names Rep. Peter Silva as Majority Leader

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CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien (R-Mont Vernon) today announced that he has named Rep. Peter Silva (R-Nashua) as Majority Leader.  Silva has served as Deputy Majority Leader and also serves on the Judiciary Committee in his second legislative term representing Wards 5, 8 & 9 in Nashua.  Additionally, Rep. Silva has named Ways and …

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National Review: In New Hampshire, a Real Budget

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Published on January 16th, 2012 on NationalReview.com In New Hampshire, a Real Budget  The Granite State has a radically simple fiscal idea. By Deroy Murdock Manchester, N.H. — Newt Gingrich’s fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary showcased a first-rate idea. While addressing a hotel ballroom full of his forlorn supporters in the Radisson’s Center of New Hampshire here, …

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The state budget: Political achievement of the year

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The following editorial was published in the January 1, 2012 edition of the Union Leader: The state budget: Political achievement of the year Americans frustrated by the series of impressive political failures that came to define Washington politics in 2011 could have drawn inspiration from this little state tucked up north and surrounded by activist, …

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National Pension Reform Leader to Present Overhaul Options to Retirement Committee

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CONCORD – Utah State Senator Daniel Liljenquist will make a presentation Tuesday to the House Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Reform outlining efforts he led to transform Utah’s public pension program from a defined benefit model to a defined contribution plan.  Senator Liljenquist is a nationally recognized leader on retirement reform. What: Presentation to …

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Foster’s Editorial: How about honest debate instead of political vitriol

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Sunday, November 20, 2011 At first blush, we were tempted to sign on board for House Democratic Leader Terie Norelli’s lambasting last week of some GOP-sponsored bills working their way through the Legislature. Foster’s Sunday Citizen has also been critical of some Republican-gone-astray efforts. We have faulted the leadership in the New Hampshire Legislature for …

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House to Hold Public Hearing on Governor’s Education Funding Amendment

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CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien and House Special Committee on Education Funding Chair Lynne Ober today announced a Tuesday, November 22 hearing on Governor Lynch’s proposed education funding amendment. It will begin at 10:00 am in rooms 210-211 of the Legislative Office Building. Speaker William O’Brien “We are providing an opportunity for the Governor …

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Presidential Candidates to Address The New Hampshire House of Representatives

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CONCORD – House Speaker William O’Brien’s office announced that invitations have been extended to presidential candidates to address the New Hampshire House of Representatives during the Wednesday, October 12 session, which begins at 10:00am. Currently confirmed candidates include Gov. Gary Johnson, Sen. Rick Santorum, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, businessman Herman Cain, and …

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House Redistricting Committee 2011 Public Hearing Schedule

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BELKNAP – Tuesday, October 18th, 7:00 p.m. Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon Street East, Laconia CARROLL – Thursday, October 13th, 7:00 p.m. Mountain View Community Nursing Home, Ossipee CHESHIRE – Tuesday, October 18th, 7:00 p.m. Keene Public Library Auditorium, Keene COOS – Tuesday, October 25th, 7:00 p.m. Lancaster Town Hall, Lancaster GRAFTON – Thursday, October 20th, …

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Union Leader Editorial – Medicaid politics: NH taxpayers lost

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Published Sep 25, 2011 Had former Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen been able to implement his Medicaid reforms six years ago, New Hampshire would be in much better shape today. When Stephen became commissioner in 2003, New Hampshire had already spent more than a decade skimming federal Medicaid money into the general fund. …

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Nashua Telegraph: House speaker wants to stay on same fiscal path

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By ALBERT McKEON, Staff Writer NASHUA – If you thought the New Hampshire Legislature made history this year, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Speaker of the House William O’Brien didn’t use that phrase exactly, but he all but said it Monday in a speech that outlined the Legislature’s mission to reduce government spending and regulations. O’Brien, …

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