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The People Say No

Health Care: The closer the Democratic Congress' radical health package gets to enactment, the less popular it becomes.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Scared Monkeys

Democrats Tongue Tied as they Try to Justify $300 Million Pay Off to...

As the US House of Representatives and now the US Senate ram Obamacare down the throats of Americans by partisan votes, 56% now oppose health care proposed by Obama and Congressional Democrats.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate

Tue Nov 24, 2009

KYTX-TV News

With dissension in the ranks, healthcare bill moves forward

Senate Democrats cleared a major hurdle this weekend by voting to move ahead with debate on health care reform, but it was hardly a unified party standing behind the bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois, State of the Union

Mon Nov 23, 2009

CNN

Health care debate tests pragmatism

Amid conflicting and heated rhetoric, a political pragmatism began to emerge Sunday as senators prepared for a debate on a sweeping Democratic health care bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Michael Bennet, Health Insurance, Health, State of the Union, Arlen Specter, Republican

Sun Nov 22, 2009

UnionLeader

Health care reform bill gets boost in Senate

Sweeping health care legislation last night cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Healthcare Law, Law, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Judd Gregg, Republican

Sat Nov 21, 2009

SeacoastOnline

USS Virginia heading to Portsmouth shipyard

Senators from Maine and New Hampshire say the arrival of a new submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will usher in a new era for the shipyard team.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, NH, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Clover Herald

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" - Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, US House of Representatives, Marsha Blackburn, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sherrod Brown

Thu Nov 19, 2009

UnionLeader

Shaheen hears concerns over health reform from NH Aarp members

Following the unveiling of the Senate Democratic leadership's version of health care reform, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Judd Gregg, Republican, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, AARP, Canaan, NH

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Warner Wants Veterans Affairs to Address Combat Stress in Women

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner successfully amended S.1407, a military construction and veterans appropriations bill, to include language directing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to study how it addresses combat stress in women veterans Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner, Life, Veteran Affairs, Senator Kay Hagan

Wed Nov 18, 2009

SeacoastOnline

Cobham to add 80 jobs at Exeter location

Cobham Sensor Systems held a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 17, for its second, 80,000-square-foot Exeter facility.

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Related Topix: Exeter, NH, US Politics, Representative Carol Shea-Porter, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Judd Gregg, Republican, Lowell, MA Metro

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WBZ TV

Bill Aids NH Air Guard, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Concord, NH, US Military, US Air Force

EDGEfireisland.com News Feed

NH blogger apologizes for anti-gay slur

New Hampshire Democratic Party chair Ray Buckley declined to comment about the anti-gay slur by which a local blogger described him on his weekend talk show.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Jeb Bradley, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, New Hampshire, Blog News, Laconia, NH

UnionLeader.com

NH veterans' stories wanted for Veterans History Project

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced Monday her office is participating in the Veterans History Project in conjunction with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, encouraging veterans to tell their stories for future generations.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, New Hampshire, Madison, NH, Manchester Metro, Manchester, NH, Tilton, NH

Sun Nov 15, 2009

UnionLeader.com

No guarantees: Eagle Times subsidy is wrong

New Hampshire faces a severe budget problem. And yet Gov. John Lynch and the Executive Council thought it fitting for the state to guarantee a line of credit to two private businesses.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, John Lynch, US Governors, Claremont, NH

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WLBZ

NH Gets Federal Money To Monitor Water Near Superfund Site

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded New Hampshire $250,000 for continued monitoring and testing of groundwater at the Mottolo Superfund Site in Raymond.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Concord Monitor

AARP: Health bill essential

The health care reform bill moving through Congress will not solve the country's health care woes, said John Rother, executive vice president of policy and strategy for AARP, which has endorsed the bill.

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Related Topix: Health, AARP, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Medicaid, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Press Releases

Frank Guinta Calls on the Senate to Vote for People not Politics

Manchester, NH Reacting to the budget busting, 2000 page health care boondoggle that passed the United State House of Representatives on Saturday night, Frank Guinta today called for accountability and a "no" vote from the US Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Jeb Bradley, Representative Carol Shea-Porter, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Manchester Metro, Manchester, NH, Healthcare Law, Law

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Citizen

Senate approves funding for NH climate study

New Hampshire's two senators say the U.S. Senate has approved $350,000 in federal funding for a study on how climate conditions impact alpine areas in the White Mountain National Forest.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, New Hampshire

Mon Nov 09, 2009

UnionLeader.com

At 86, veteran gets his due

"I always expected to receive these in a shoe box that came in the mail, not at a ceremony like this,'' said Roger Aldrich of Sugar Hill, presented yesterday with the World War II medals he earned some 65 years ago.

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Related Topix: Hill, NH, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Nashua Telegraph

NH Wwii veteran finally gets his medals

World War II veteran Roger Aldrich smiles in Tilton, N.H. on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 after receiving long-overdue medals from U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Life, Veteran Affairs, Tilton, NH, Hill, NH

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