New Hampshire Politics

GOP Lawmaker's Lies Revealed

Salem Patch | Jake O'Donnell | Posted 05.31.2012

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Shortly thereafter, Giuda said Bettencourt contacted him. When Giuda explained why he wanted to see the reports, Bettencourt apologized and agreed to ...

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Huckabee Issues Response To Dem's Birther Charge

Bedford Patch | Posted 05.30.2012

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Prior to tonight's 2012 New Hampshire GOP Victory Dinner, where former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee spoke to a crowd of more than 700 Republic...

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GOP Sounds Alarm On Nazi Insult

Concord Patch | Posted 05.23.2012

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The state Republican Party is condemning an editorial cartoon in today's Concord Monitor that depicts House Speaker William O'Brien with a Hitler-styl...

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Romney's Weird Campaign Event To Nowhere

HuffingtonPost.com | Mollie Reilly | Posted 05.18.2012

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Mitt Romney will campaign Friday in New Hampshire, looking for his own "bridge to nowhere." The Romney camp thinks they have found it in a 19th centur...

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Agenda 21, UN's Sustainability Measure, Banned By New Hampshire House

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.17.2012

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The Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Wednesday afternoon to ban implementation of policies connected to the United Na...

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Lawmakers 'Hijack' Business Bill With Abortion Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Abortion, Tax Credits, New-Hampshire-Abortion-Bill, Women's Health, New Hampshire Politics, Research and Development, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Womens Right to Know, John Lynch, Politics News

The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives Tuesday adopted a measure placing a 24-hour waiting period on abortions as part of a ...

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Lawmaker Tossed Out After Nazi Reference

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.16.2012

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A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was physically removed from the state House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon after he made a Nazi salute...

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GOP Candidate Slams Obama's Gay Marriage Support As 'Pure Politics'

Portsmouth Patch | Posted 05.10.2012

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Ovide Lamontagne on Thursday called President Obama's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage "pure politics." ...

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O'Keefe Evades Criminal Subpoena

Hampton-North Hampton Patch | Posted 05.06.2012

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Conservative activist James O'Keefe spoke to a packed house of Seacoast Republicans Sunday not in person, but rather on streaming video because steppi...

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Dems Call For O'Keefe Boycott

Hampton-North Hampton Patch | Posted 05.03.2012

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The New Hampshire Democratic Party is calling on Republican gubernatorial candidates Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith and Congressmen Frank Guinta and...

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Romney, Potential Running Mate Discuss Fishy Business

Portsmouth Patch | Robert Cook and Dany Tuohy | Posted 04.30.2012

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Mitt Romney made an appearance this morning at the Portsmouth Fish Pier with Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who has been rumored to be a possible running m...

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Joe Biden Speaks Out On Hilary Rosen

Portsmouth Patch | Marc Fortier | Posted 04.12.2012

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Joe Biden only took one question from the press during his stop in Portsmouth on Thursday, and his answer was terse but telling. Asked by a CNN pro...

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Obama Winning Ground Game In Key State

Concord Patch | Marc Fortier | Posted 04.11.2012

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Romney, who made countless stops here prior to the New Hampshire Primary, now has a lot of ground to make up after spending the last three months camp...

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Santorum Official Prepared To Back Romney

Concord Patch | Dan Tuohy | Posted 04.10.2012

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Tamburello, a state representative from Londonderry, said he has all along committed to supporting the eventual GOP presidential nominee. "I don't ...

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Minnesota Lawmaker Called Out For New Hampshire Residency

Windham Patch | Michael Ryan | Posted 04.04.2012

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Granite State Progress issued a release on April 1 calling out the Minnesota politician for his hurling charges of absenteeism in 2010 toward his Demo...

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Governor Concerned Over Medical Marijuana Law

Concord Patch | Tony Schinella | Posted 05.29.2012

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While he has empathy for those ill patients who need medical marijuana to get through their recoveries, Gov. John Lynch, D-Hopkinton, said today that ...

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GOP Lawmakers Surprise Dems With Redistricting Override

Concord Patch | Jake O'Donnell | Posted 05.28.2012

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It was a chaotic afternoon at the Statehouse in Concord Wednesday as the House voted to override Gov. John Lynch's veto of the House's redistricting p...

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GOP Lawmaker Drops One Of His Guns During Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.21.2012

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A Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives who once posted a comment on Facebook about shooting at police officers accidentally...

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New Hampshire Lawmakers Repeal Contraception Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.07.2012

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Saying it would reduce health insurance costs, the Tea Party-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday afternoon to re...

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GOP Lawmaker Seeks To Make Birth Control 'Obsolete And Outdated'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.22.2012

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A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire has proposed repealing the state's requirement to provide insurance coverage for birth control by attaching the...

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GOP Lawmaker's Suggestion For Married Couples' Contraception

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.17.2012

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A New Hampshire lawmaker with a history of surprising statements suggested on Thursday that married couples who want to use contraception should pract...

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GOP Lawmaker's Bizarre Birth Control Claim

Merrimack Patch | Carolyn Dube | Posted 02.16.2012

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"As a man, would it interest you to know that Dr. Bernstein just published an article that links the pill to prostate cancer?" Notter asked Rep. Andre...

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The Case for Contraception

Ann McLane Kuster | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Family Planning, Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Politics, Women's Health, Contraception, Birth Control, Charlie Bass, State Politics, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions. As an adoption attorney, I know firsthand how difficult and how private these choices are for women.

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Republicans Slam Obama Birth Control Rule, Ignoring State Contraception Mandates

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.13.2012

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One side effect of the outpouring of Republican outrage over President Barack Obama's new birth control insurance coverage rule is that some GOP lawma...

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Birth Control Debate Moves To States As Obama Rule Simmers

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.10.2012

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With birth control issues taking center stage at the federal level with the Obama administration's new rules requiring insurers to provide contracepti...

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