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On my way down to Bedford for another session. The House will be hearing bills from the Senate today and tomorrow. Hopefully we can defeat some of the worse ones, such as so-called "Right-to-Work"! I'll be livetweeting starting here. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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Good turnout from the unions outside doing anti-RTW visibility! Unfortunately I didn't think to get pictures... #1uPermalink On twitter.com
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oh gosh there's a ton of amendments to go over in our floor bags; way more than any of the previous sessions...Permalink On twitter.com
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We're still being segregated into masked and non-masked sections... I'm going to keep wearing mine, to stay in the masked section, but I wonder when we can stop...Permalink On twitter.com
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Pastor Bob of St. Paul's United Methodist Church did the prayer again... apparently he took some of the complaints about his previous prayer to heart, as at least he didn't try to lead us in any arm-waving this time... (I'll try to get his last name next time)Permalink On twitter.com
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But yeah props to him for listening and being more inclusive this time. Also nice job with the National Anthem, @Lisa4Exeter!Permalink On twitter.com
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Memorializing David Danielson now; apparently he was one of the last few remaining moderates among the Republicans left before he died; R.I.P. (I never met him myself so I can't confirm)Permalink On twitter.com
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Oops we just passed some stuff on voice vote while I was distracted by other thingsPermalink On twitter.com
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I guess those were the bills from Children & Family Law, as we're on to Commerce & Consumer Affairs now (doing stuff in order by committee like normal this time, instead of by recommendation like last time)Permalink On twitter.com
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Voting on SB35, on a risk pool for @NEANHNews @NEANHVotes now. My mom is an NEA member, so if this bill would help her, I'll vote for it (and against the ITL motion)Permalink On twitter.com
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boo, motion to ITL SB35 passes... oh well...Permalink On twitter.com
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SB38 passes on voice vote; I was going to disagree with other Dems on this one but it went by too fast; oh well...Permalink On twitter.com
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Next is SB59, on moving to a collaborative care model for mental health care. As someone with my own mental health issues, it's always been a pain to get various doctors to work with one another, so hopefully this will help with that.Permalink On twitter.com
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Uh... the notes on SB107 seem duplicated from the ones for SB59? This one is a different bill, though; it's for businesses affected by COVID19...Permalink On twitter.com
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Notes for SB125 (on beverage manufacturer licenses) say "listen to debate" but the debate hasn't helped much... still not sure how to vote on it...Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah idk guy speaking in favor of it didn't help his case much; I'll go with voting noPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. @RepNicoleK is making a motion to table SB34 (on synthetic drugs); she's bucking party leadership here (and I'm joining her in doing so)Permalink On twitter.com
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Yeah sounds like this bill could use more timePermalink On twitter.com
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Motion to table SB110 here; I wish motions to table were debatable...Permalink On twitter.com
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well ok not in general, but just for this onePermalink On twitter.com
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motion to table SB110 passes; oh well, I was looking forward to debate on that one...Permalink On twitter.com
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so many motions to table todayPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Burt is such a trollPermalink On twitter.com
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Fuck all these pro-gun organizations he's toutingPermalink On twitter.com
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waiting periods for gun purchases are GOODPermalink On twitter.com
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oh no, the boogeyman of @ProgressNH! How scary!Permalink On twitter.com
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"If they put it in the Union Leader, it's gotta be true!" Yeah I can't roll my eyes hard enough at thatPermalink On twitter.com
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Yes, Rep. Verville, I WOULD believe that you've been put on waiting lists for your gun purchases; you're a wingnut who shouldn't have access to firearmsPermalink On twitter.com
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I really need to go get a vest before one of these bulletbrains ends up shooting mePermalink On twitter.com
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Thank you Rep. Harrison-Gathright for speaking up in defense of our existing background checks system!Permalink On twitter.com
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I hate having to rely on the support of cops to kill bad gun bills like this one, but if that's what it takes to win, well, then, fine.Permalink On twitter.com
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darn, motion to ITL fails... onto an attempt at indefinite postponement now...Permalink On twitter.com
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indefinite postponement fails; onto the OTP motion... I can't wait to get out of this state to move to one that's less gun-crazy... just gotta find the money for it first...Permalink On twitter.com
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onto SB154, another bad gun bill. Republicans seem scared that Biden might do executive orders to stop gun violence. I think he should do so and we shouldn't try to stop him, so I'll be voting against it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Wait I thought Rep. Cushing was going to go for indefinite postponement on this instead of tabling?Permalink On twitter.com
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I need to check my bot's source lists to make sure it knows about Rep. Burt; can't believe it hasn't tweeted about him yet...Permalink On twitter.com
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I thought we were getting a lunch break?Permalink On twitter.com
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I'm hungry and can't focus now; give us our lunch breakPermalink On twitter.com
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We're discussing SB147, an omnibus education bill now, which has some confusing recommendations for it in the notes. But, as I said, my mind is on lunch currently...Permalink On twitter.com
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3 separate amendments to vote on for this bill...Permalink On twitter.com
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1 amendment down, 2 to go...Permalink On twitter.com
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I think we took a coach bus to DC once when I was in school and it was fine...Permalink On twitter.com
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so... lemme see if I've got this right... since amendment 1 passed, but 2 & 3 failed... that means we're a no, right?Permalink On twitter.com
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ok finally here's our lunch breakPermalink On twitter.com
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k back from lunch; I didn't sleep very well last night, so apologies in advance if I start drifting...Permalink On twitter.com
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Motion to reconsider for SB38, one we passed previously on a voice vote that I'd been wishing we had debate on, so I'm glad we're getting a chance to reconsider herePermalink On twitter.com
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It allows medical marijuana centers to become for-profit institutions. I actually disagree with other Dems on this idea because I oppose profit-making and for-profit institutions in general.Permalink On twitter.com
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One of the arguments for this bill in the Dem notes is that it'd allow centers to "raise capital", which, as an anti-capitalist, I oppose. There should be no privately-owned capital for anyone, not even medical marijuana centers. But anyways reconsidering failed, so, moot point.Permalink On twitter.com
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Onto SB148, another education omnibus with multiple amendments...Permalink On twitter.com
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This one seems to be about how to handle sport injuries for student athletes... the only sports I played as a kid were thru Concord Parks & Rec, not the schools, so this isn't really something I know much about...Permalink On twitter.com
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I can kinda see both sides here... on the one hand, most co-curriculars are definitely less injury-prone than most sports, but on the other hand, people could start using differing treatment for co-curriculars as a loophole, so I dunno...Permalink On twitter.com
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Version of Jeopardy except the "answers must be phrased in the form of question" becomes more strict and changes into "answers must be phrased in the form of a parliamentary inquiry"Permalink On twitter.com
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ok I clearly heard the "no" voices as louder on that voice vote; wtf Speaker PackardPermalink On twitter.com
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We're onto SB31 now; Republicans are looking for new ways to deny people access to absentee ballotsPermalink On twitter.com
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Next is SB89, another case of Republicans being anti-democracy. They're REALLY scared of the #ForThePeopleAct and are trying to create a bifurcated election system to get around it in advance.Permalink On twitter.com
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Yeah that lack of faith in elections is entirely due to your lies and fearmongering about them, GOP.Permalink On twitter.com
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Well, their anti-democracy bills just passed; onto bills from ED&A. First is SB105, a relatively boring memorials and commemorations. We'll be having a solar eclipse coming up soon!Permalink On twitter.com
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Next is 155FN. Republicans are trying to ban vaccine passports, which, I just... ugh. Just ugh.Permalink On twitter.com
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Having to deal with an entire party that's anti-vax as a matter of principle sucks so hard.Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Roy is spreading some major FUD herePermalink On twitter.com
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If Rep. Roy wanted to go all the way with this line of reasoning, we could do a bill to eliminate at-will employment entirely, then, sure, fine, but to do it just for vaccines, something that's actually good? Yeah, no.Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah things actually haven't been fine forever, Rep. Roy; infant mortality used to be much higher. Diseases used to kill many more people. Vaccines have been major lifesavers.Permalink On twitter.com
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Woohoo, we actually won something! Rep. Roy's amendment is defeated! Onto a "print remarks" motion.Permalink On twitter.com
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whole bill passes on a voice vote! Onto SB82 from Finance, which actually seems more education-related to me.Permalink On twitter.com
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wait what's going on here? SB152 isn't listed under Finance on my notes...Permalink On twitter.com
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Oh well, I don't really know what happened there... onto SB129 from Fish & Game. It'd threaten endangered species and is bad. Let's oppose it.Permalink On twitter.com
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I thought there was going to be an amendment here? Oh well, guess not; dunno what happened to it...Permalink On twitter.com
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Motion to reconsider on SB155Permalink On twitter.com
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Onto SB74, a bill on advance directives. I wish I had my "Human Identity & Bioethics" book by David DeGrazia on me; it had a chapter on these...Permalink On twitter.com
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Motion to table? What? Why? These voice votes are going by too fastPermalink On twitter.com
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We need more time on some of thesePermalink On twitter.com
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wait... Republicans are trying to strip COVID-related liability protections from hospitals? Weren't they trying to do the opposite at the national level, which we were opposing them on then? I'm so confused...Permalink On twitter.com
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maybe the difference is that this is just for hospitals, and the liability protections the GOP wanted on the national level were for all businesses...Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah I guess the difference is that the stuff hospitals want liability protection from is reasonable stuff like following emergency orders, while the liability protections national businesses wanted were for stuff like forcing their employees to work in unsafe conditions...Permalink On twitter.com
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amendment fails; onto bill as a wholePermalink On twitter.com
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onto SB162... another lengthy omnibus.Permalink On twitter.com
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another instance of a voice vote getting mis-heard...Permalink On twitter.com
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couldn't hear us over our voting, apparentlyPermalink On twitter.com
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Next is SB95 (from Judiciary), on remote access to meetings. Remote access is good; let's keep it. The only thing I'd change about them would be to move to a FOSS remote meeting client away from Zoom.Permalink On twitter.com
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(when possible, that is; I dunno if any FOSS alternatives to Zoom are actually up-to-speed yet...)Permalink On twitter.com
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Committee amendment removed everything but the study committee, so it doesn't really do much anymore, but I still think a study committee would be worthwhile anyways, though...On twitter.com
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onto SB134, another omnibus with lots of parts. Part being discussed now is the part on laser pointers.Permalink On twitter.com
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uh... tie vote? What? wtf just happenedPermalink On twitter.com
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They just turned a "no" vote into a "yes" votePermalink On twitter.com
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process here is getting out of controlPermalink On twitter.com
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Thank you for calling the Speaker out on his Calvinball approach to running things, Marjorie Smith!Permalink On twitter.com
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RTW is going to be our last bill of the day, apparentlyPermalink On twitter.com
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(this is SB61 from Labor, for those unfamiliar)Permalink On twitter.com
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This is one of those issues where everyone's mind is already made up ahead of time, so can we just get to voting already? Let's kill this bill now. #RTWisWrongForNH #1uPermalink On twitter.com
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Young people like unions! Busting them won't attract young people here, you idiot!Permalink On twitter.com
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Really ready to kill this bill alreadyPermalink On twitter.com
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Yes, this actually is about union-busting despite your claims to the contrary, GOP Rep. whose name I didn't catchPermalink On twitter.com
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Motion of OTP fails; Republicans are trying to do another motion to table to try to save facePermalink On twitter.com
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(this is even though we already did 1 motion to table on this bill, btw)Permalink On twitter.com
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Second motion to table fails; onto a motion to indefinitely postpone...Permalink On twitter.com
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Wow lots of people missed this vote apparentlyPermalink On twitter.com
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Hey we managed to do this one even with a roll call! Turns out we didn't need to rely on division votes for all of those after all!Permalink On twitter.com
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We're pretty much done now; just announcements and memorializations and stuff leftPermalink On twitter.com
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ok yeah now we're done for realPermalink On twitter.com
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