IN THE WORLD OF elections, the latest sign of changing seasons isn’t the start of fall foliage, but the Republican National Committee‘s resumption of training for its local staff and party leaders.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
AFTER A VIRTUAL MEETING about Afghanistan with ambassadors and other officials from NATO countries this week, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she hoped NATO nations — members of the the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — will stay attentive to women’s issues in Afghanistan, though American troops…
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
The images of the evacuation from Kabul have been upsetting, no matter one’s experience. But for war veterans, particularly those who served in Afghanistan, the effects could be more difficult to deal with.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
IT HASN’T been all roads, bridges and broadband on Capitol Hill this summer.
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
THE HOUSE IS BACK in session next week to take up the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in the Senate this month, and the Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion bill to expand Medicare benefits, provide free community college and pre-kindergarten and a host of other social services –- which mea…
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
SENATE DEMOCRATS’ multi-trillion-dollar budget package is unlikely to get any Republican votes, but look closely (and maybe squint a little) — there is inter-party cooperation.
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
TO ENCOURAGE STATES to support sexual assault survivors through the court process, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill this week to tie state efforts to federal funding.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
SENATE REPUBLICANS blocked a bipartisan infrastructure bill from moving forward on Wednesday, but New Hampshire’s senators said they remain optimistic about the possibility of a deal involving both parties.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
New Hampshire’s senators say they are still engaged with the bipartisan group working on an infrastructure bill that could get at least a few Republican votes, though its passage is far from assured.
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
A BILL TO RAISE the federal minimum wage is expected to come up in Congress this fall, and national progressive groups are already beginning to agitate for support from New Hampshire’s two moderate Democratic senators.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
THE DEMISE ALONG party lines of the expansive voting bill known as the “For the People Act” was mourned by New Hampshire’s all-Democratic delegation Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
POINTING TO A disparity in coverage between private insurance for working adults and the Medicare insurance most retirees use, Rep. Annie Kuster told the House Energy and Commerce committee this week of the bill she and a small bipartisan group have introduced, reintroduced and reintroduced …
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
AFTER THE U.S. SENATE passed measures Wednesday designed to help the United States compete with China’s technological innovation and manufacturing, Sen. Maggie Hassan pointed out several provisions she had pushed — from a measure to help high-schoolers take college classes, to a move for the…
