After getting a
request from New
Hampshire’s
congressional delegation, the government is temporarily suspending a
requirement that some veterans repay retirement benefits if they re-enlist.
New Hampshire
Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter says she’s not ruling out a bid for
the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Judd Gregg in 2010.
A plan to throw
U-S automakers a $14 billion lifeline cleared the House last night.
House Representatives Peter Welch, Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes all voted
in favor of the bill. But the
legislation is still in jeopardy in the Senate. A vote there could come today.
New Hampshire
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter says she finds allegations that banking giant
UBS defrauded the state’s leading issuer of student loans "deeply
disturbing."
New Hampshire
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is introducing a bill today that would require
states to have access to at least one full-service Veterans hospital or receive
comparable services through other health-care providers.
Congressman Peter
Welch and New
Hampshire’s Carol
Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes have voted with the majority in the House to pass
legislation delaying the implementation of regulations affecting Medicaid
programs.