Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts

Friday, May 3, 2013

New Hampshire Senate Defeats Private Prison Ban

New Hampshire Senate Defeats Private Prison Ban: Leading the movement to fight back against the private prison industry, New Hampshire rejected all bids last month to house private prisons in the state, and passed a bill in the House to prohibit the private facilities that profit from incarceration. But the bill died in the Senate Thursday along party lines, with opponents saying [...]/p

Kelly Ayotte Defends Background Check Vote by Lying to Constituents

Kelly Ayotte Defends Background Check Vote by Lying to Constituents
"Sen. Kelly Ayotte was once again asked by her constituents at a town hall meeting about her vote against the Manchin-Toomey background check legislation and her response this time around was to make stuff up"

Thursday, May 2, 2013

ABC News Calls Out Kelly Ayotte For Misleading On Background Checks

ABC News Calls Out Kelly Ayotte For Misleading On Background Checks: At town halls across New Hampshire, gun safety advocates are confronting Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for voting down bipartisan legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases. In April, Ayotte joined 45 senators to oppose the measure, which is supported by more than 90 percent of Americans, claiming that she was trying to protect gun shop [...]/p

GOP Senator: I Voted Against Equal Pay For Women Because We Have Enough Laws

GOP Senator: I Voted Against Equal Pay For Women Because We Have Enough Laws: WARREN, NH — Women in full-time year-round jobs earned 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. Yet, at a town hall earlier this week, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) claimed that Congress has done enough to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work. Indeed, she justified her vote against legislation intended to [...]/p

New Hampshire Legislator Claims Boston Bombing Was An Inside Job Because Victim Looked Calm

New Hampshire Legislator Claims Boston Bombing Was An Inside Job Because Victim Looked Calm: Several days after suggesting the Boston Bombing was perpetrated by the U.S. government, New Hampshire State Rep. Stella Tremblay (R-NH) doubled down on the claim Tuesday. In an interview on the radio show of anti-government conspiracy theorist Pete Santilli, Tremblay opined that since photos of a victim who lost his legs did not appear to [...]/p

Friday, April 5, 2013

New Hampshire Rejects All Private Prison Bids

New Hampshire Rejects All Private Prison Bids: New Hampshire officials rejected all four bids to privatize its prisons, citing prison operators’ insufficient understanding of court-mandated standards of inmate care, and proposed wages that are half what prison security staff now earn. The decision comes following a recent vote by the state House of Representatives to prohibit private prisons in the state. For-profit [...]/p