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John Celock

Post-Tea Party Leader Expects 'Common Sense'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.31.2012 | Politics
Read More: New Hampshire House of Representatives, New Hampshire Executive Council, Tea Party Movement, William O'Brien, Video, New Hampshire Democratic Party, New Hampshire House, New Hampshire Tea Party, New Hampshire Politics, National Conference of State Legislatures, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Terie Norelli, Maggie Hassan, Tea Party, John Lynch, Politics News

The New Hampshire House of Representatives' new Democratic speaker is pledging "common sense" following two years of Tea Party control of the chamber....

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Tea Party Leader Pushes College Voting Change

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: William O'Brien, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Voter Identification, Voter Registration, New Hampshire Politics, Michael-Delaney, New-Hampshire-Legislature, William O'Brien College Voting, Voter ID Laws, Tea Party, Election 2012, John Lynch, Video, Politics News

The Tea Party speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, William O'Brien (R-Mont Vernon), is asking a state court to force the state attor...

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Republican Wages War On Dem 'Propagandists'

Patch.com | Posted 07.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: Propaganda, William O'Brien, Concord Monitor, New Hampshire, Politics News

Two weeks ago, New Hampshire House Speaker William O'Brien shut the Concord Monitor out of his office during a press availability....

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GOP Leader Bans Newspaper After Hitler Comparison

Concord Patch | Marc Fortier and Tony Schinella | Posted 09.05.2012 | Politics
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The cartoon, by Mike Marland, prompted Republican House leaders and the Republican State Committee to issue statements calling for a retraction of the...

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GOP Sounds Alarm On Nazi Insult

Concord Patch | Posted 05.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Elections 2012, William Obrien New Hampshire, William Obrien, Concord Monitor, 2012 Election, New Hampshire Politics, Patch, Politics News

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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John Celock

Lawmaker Tossed Out After Nazi Reference

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: William O'Brien, Video, Hitler, New Hampshire Politics, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Jon Richardson, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, Voter ID, Bob Kingsbury, Nazis, Voter Identification, Steve Vaillancourt, Voter ID Laws, New-Hampshire-Voter-Id, Voting Rights, Politics News

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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Is Birth Control Coverage Motivated By Religious Freedom Or Religious Bullying?

Danielle Tumminio | Posted 03.13.2012 | Religion
Read More: Sandra Fluke, William O'Brien, Contraception, Birth Control, Marco Rubio, Rush Limbaugh, Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Francis George, Religion and Politics, Religion News
Danielle Tumminio

Presumably Catholics would not want birth control -- it's all the other folks who do. Which makes this a debate not about religious freedom but about how people of one faith care for those who do not share their beliefs.

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John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Pushes Progressive Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.16.2011 | Politics
Read More: William O'Brien, New Hampshire Politics, Referendum, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Voter-Referendum, Ohio SB 5, Ohio Issue 2, Maine Voter Registration Law, Video, David Bates, Voter Registration, New Hampshire, Sb 5, New-Hampshire-Constitution, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Several 2011 legislative sessions across the country have seen progressives harnessing popular power to counteract more conservative legislation. Now,...

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New Hampshire Republicans Fail To Override Veto On Right To Work Bill

Posted 12.01.2011 | Politics
Read More: Afl-Cio, William O'Brien, Collective Bargaining, Video, Collective Bargaining Rights, Ohio Anti-Union Bill, Governor John Lynch, Wisconsin Anti-Union Bill, New Hampshire, Politics News

The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives failed to overturn the Democratic governor's veto of an anti-union bill on Wednesday....

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NH Speaker's Position on Student Voters Harms His Ideological Allies

Adam Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: HB 176, William O'Brien, Voting Rights, New Hampshire, O'Brien College Voting, New Hampshire Primary, New Hampshire Voting, New Hampshire Student Voting, New Hampshire Students, Obrien-Voting, College News
Adam Goldstein

If O'Brien believes in the words of his state's motto -- "Live Free or Die" -- I believe he just instructed college students to drop dead.

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Victory in New Hampshire

Thomas Bates | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: William O'Brien, New Hampshire Republicans, New Hampshire Students Voting, Gregory Sorg, New Hampshire Voting, Voter ID, College News
Thomas Bates

Great news out of New Hampshire: a victory for the good guys in the war on voting.

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Politician Says 'Foolish' Students 'Vote With Their Feelings' (WATCH)

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: HB 176, William O'Brien, O'Brien Voting, Video, New Hampshire, O'Brien College Voting, New Hampshire College Voting, William O'Brien College Voting, The Northeast, Bill O'brien, New Hampshire Voting, College News

In a recent speech, New Hampshire state House speaker William O'Brien called student voters foolish and implied that they only vote liberal because th...

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