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EXCLUSIVE: Buckley Played Primary Card in Gay Marriage Negotiations

State Party Chairman Ray Buckley told Democratic state Senators during closed-door negotiations that the Democratic National Committee might revoke New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation primary status if they failed to legalize gay marriage, NowHampshire.com has learned. The vote was 13-11 in favor of legalizing gay marriage. All but one Democratic Senator voted in favor. According to Democratic [...]

More A-Roid Allegations

As news started to circulate that A-Rod might be joining the Yankees sooner than expected, another and bigger A-Roid story has taken over. Remember Selena Roberts? She’s the Sports Illustrated writer that broke the original story back in February that Alex Rodriguez had cheated. Turns out she has more! Oh A-Roid. When A-Roid finally and [...]

Gregg Slams Obama Budget

Not long after Senate Democrats passed President Barack Obama’s $3.4 trillion federal budget – over a trillion of which will be paid for by further borrowing – New Hampshire’s Senior Senator, and Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Judd Gregg criticized the Democratic majority for choosing to “dramatically grow the government at the expense [...]

New Hampshire Senate Votes to Legalize Gay Marriage

The Democratic controlled New Hampshire Senate passed an amended version of the controversial measure to legalize gay marriage today. The vote was 13-11 in favor of the measure. The House passed a similar measure last month by a 186-179 vote. The two chambers must reconcile small changes between the two measures in a conference committee [...]

Garcia Victory Seen as Blow to House Dem Leadership

Former state representative Marilinda Garcia won back her old seat in Salem and Windham tonight in a convincing victory over Democrat and local librarian Sheila Murray. Unofficial results show Garcia earned 2,050 votes while Murray won 1,250 votes. The race is seen as a blow to House Speaker Terie Norelli who spent the day in [...]

Buckley Whipping Dem Senators Hard

Democrat State Chair Ray Buckley spent the day inside the State House in Concord whipping Democrat state Senators on gay marriage legislation and the so-called “bathroom bill,” sources tell NowHampshire.com, despite his staff’s assurances that Buckley has no role in the formation of Democrat legislation or state policy. According to multiple sources, Buckley attended a [...]

No Reported Cases of Swine Flu in NH

New Hampshire has no reported cases of the swine flu that has killed nearly 150 in Mexico and is worrying governments across the world. So far there have been 40 confirmed cases in the United States, but none of these cases have been closer than New York City which has had 28 confirmed cases as [...]

“Live Free or Die” State Mulls Seat Belt Law

After a 3-2 vote, the New Hampshire Senate Transportation Committee has moved a seat belt bill to the full State Senate for a vote this Wednesday. The three that voted for it were Democrats, the 2 against were Republicans. The bill is a weakened version of the original that passed the House 169-151 which would [...]

This Week’s Senate Battles Pit Lynch against Buckley

New Hampshire Senators will tackle two controversial pieces of legislation this week; a measure to legalize gay marriage and another that would grant special rights to “transgendered” individuals, which has been dubbed the “bathroom bill” because it would permit male cross-dressers to enter a woman’s bathroom at will. The outcomes will help to illuminate who [...]

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