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There was plenty to say this week about RGGI, federal health care reform, private prisons, and payday loans …
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Return to Sender
The House reached a veto-proof majority when it voted 261-104 to approve its own version of a Senate proposal to fight federal health care reform. But will the Senate concur?
Is Voter ID on its way to NH?
New Hampshire doesn’t have a voter fraud problem, and Republican lawmakers want to keep it that way by requiring photo ID from voters.
Expect a spirited debate when the House votes on Senate Bill 129 in its full session Wednesday…
House to vote on fighting federal health care reform
Ready for an old-fashioned Constitutional showdown?
We’re tracking an effort by New Hampshire lawmakers to get the Attorney General to join other states in challenging the constitutionality of last year’s federal health care reform law.
The proposals may or may not amount to anything more than political posturing and a lengthy court battle. But as they play out, they illustrate tension between the states and the federal government, plus a debate within New Hampshire about separation of powers.
Fighting the Feds on Health Care Reform
Should New Hampshire fight last year’s federal health care reform?
Most state senators and representatives think so. The N.H. House and Senate have both passed bills to get state Attorney General Michael Delaney to join a multi-state lawsuit fighting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Obama signed into law in March 2010. So far, more than two dozen other states have joined the lawsuit, which challenges the constitutionality of the federal law.
The difference between the House and Senate’s persuasive approaches is the difference between “must” and “should.”