NewsPosted toOctober 23, 2020 byOn Thursday, his involvement in a personal relationship with a corporate lobbyist, a relationship before during a live, televised debate.“How dare you? That is not true, Matt. This is an outrageous charge,” Pappas said on WMUR, in response to the allegation from his GOP opponent, Matt Mowers Wednesday night.But now the Pappas campaign confirms the congressman’s relationship with then-Amazon corporate lobbyist Vann Bentley, who worked for the company until November 2019.“By his own admission, Congressman Pappas has confirmed what we knew all along: he isn’t...…NewsPosted toOctober 23, 2020 byOn Thursday, his involvement in a personal relationship with a corporate lobbyist, a relationship before during a live, televised debate.“How dare you? That is not true, Matt. This is an outrageous charge,” Pappas said on WMUR, in response to the allegation from his GOP opponent, Matt Mowers Wednesday night.But now the Pappas campaign confirms the congressman’s relationship with then-Amazon corporate lobbyist Vann Bentley, who worked for the company until November 2019.“By his own admission, Congressman Pappas has confirmed what we knew all along: he isn’t...WW…

NewsPosted toOctober 22, 2020 byIn a stunning moment of political theater, Republican Matt Mowers confronted Rep. Chris Pappas live during a televised debate with allegations of a potentially improper relationship between the congressman and a D.C. lobbyist.More problematic for Pappas is his denial of the relationship in response, a denial that appears to be untrue.The dustup on the WMUR-hosted debate Wednesday night began when Pappas attacked Mowers for “cashing in after he left the White House. He’s working for the big drug companies and D.C. lobbying firms.”Mowers fired...…NewsPosted toOctober 22, 2020 byIn a stunning moment of political theater, Republican Matt Mowers confronted Rep. Chris Pappas live during a televised debate with allegations of a potentially improper relationship between the congressman and a D.C. lobbyist.More problematic for Pappas is his denial of the relationship in response, a denial that appears to be untrue.The dustup on the WMUR-hosted debate Wednesday night began when Pappas attacked Mowers for “cashing in after he left the White House. He’s working for the big drug companies and D.C. lobbying firms.”Mowers fired...WW…

NewsPosted toDecember 18, 2020 byRepublicans on Friday chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) to be the next Speaker of the NH House, filling a void left by the passing of Speaker Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) from COVID-19.On January 6, Convening Day, the House will formally vote to elect a new Speaker. Hinch was elected unanimously on December 2, Organization Day, before passing away suddenly only one week later.The caucus elected Packard on the first ballot, with the challengers moving to make it unanimous following a decisive majority voted for the Acting Speaker. Helping Packard...…NewsPosted toDecember 18, 2020 byRepublicans on Friday chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard (R-Londonderry) to be the next Speaker of the NH House, filling a void left by the passing of Speaker Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) from COVID-19.On January 6, Convening Day, the House will formally vote to elect a new Speaker. Hinch was elected unanimously on December 2, Organization Day, before passing away suddenly only one week later.The caucus elected Packard on the first ballot, with the challengers moving to make it unanimous following a decisive majority voted for the Acting Speaker. Helping Packard...WW…

NewsPosted toDecember 17, 2020 byDuring a Zoom meeting hosted by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Center, NH Gov. Chris Sununu celebrated the Granite State’s success attracting people and businesses from high-tax states, but he has a message for new arrivals:Leave your politics at the border.“The only thing I ask anybody when they come here is, leave your politics [behind]. I don’t care what conservative or liberal state you come from. Don’t forget why you fundamentally came here. Take a little time to look at our structure. Look at what ‘Live Free or Die’ is all about,” Sununu...…NewsPosted toDecember 17, 2020 byDuring a Zoom meeting hosted by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Center, NH Gov. Chris Sununu celebrated the Granite State’s success attracting people and businesses from high-tax states, but he has a message for new arrivals:Leave your politics at the border.“The only thing I ask anybody when they come here is, leave your politics [behind]. I don’t care what conservative or liberal state you come from. Don’t forget why you fundamentally came here. Take a little time to look at our structure. Look at what ‘Live Free or Die’ is all about,” Sununu...WW…

NewsPosted toDecember 20, 2020 byNew Hampshire’s GOP legislative majority got right to work after Organization Day, with the Fiscal Committee quickly approving a the day after the State Board of Education unanimously approved its first accredited program. Democrats had successfully blocked both these programs in the previous session, but the new GOP majority wasted no time getting them passed.Republicans plan to continue that momentum in January with a bill to establish education freedom accounts (EFAs). Similar bills narrowly failed in the ’17-’18 biennium, during which the NHGOP had a...…NewsPosted toDecember 20, 2020 byNew Hampshire’s GOP legislative majority got right to work after Organization Day, with the Fiscal Committee quickly approving a the day after the State Board of Education unanimously approved its first accredited program. Democrats had successfully blocked both these programs in the previous session, but the new GOP majority wasted no time getting them passed.Republicans plan to continue that momentum in January with a bill to establish education freedom accounts (EFAs). Similar bills narrowly failed in the ’17-’18 biennium, during which the NHGOP had a...WW…