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The Supreme Court today expanded the right of both corporations and unions to directly engage in political speech. While I applaud this decision as an extension of free political expression and a check on self-serving government interference in the political process, I am cognizant of the risks such freedom poses. It is up to the [...]

The decision today of the Obama Administration and Attorney General Holder to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and four other men accused in the September 11 attacks in New York is a serious mistake and establishes a very dangerous precedent. These trials should have been tried in a military court as was originally planned.
Such a trial [...]

Now that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more popularly known as the “Stimulus Bill,” is six months old, we can begin to assess what results have been achieved by playing another $787 billion on the United States’ credit card. The answer appears to be little to nothing. Unemployment is officially up to 10.2% [...]

The results of election night 2009 are a cause for great celebration for both the Republican Party and more importantly the cause of limited government conservatism. At the same time, the night’s most significant blemish, the loss of Doug Hoffman in the 23rd congressional district of New York, demonstrates an important fact. Primaries matter.
When President [...]

In the 2008 campaign, Carol Shea Porter repeatedly blasted Jeb Bradley on all sorts of odd issues. Last week I wrote a short piece on the how she repeatedly made a big point of complaining about Jeb Bradley’s timing on returning campaign contributions from a colleague who was being investigated for ethical problems.
But, as it [...]

In the 2008 elections, Carol Shea Porter made a major point of repeatedly criticizing Jeb Bradley for taking a $15,000 campaign contribution from a Congressional colleague who was then under investigation. She said over and over again that Jeb Bradley should not wait until there was a “conviction”, charging a cover-up. She admonished Jeb to [...]

The big national debate is now, of course, focused on the attempts of the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress to dramatically deepen the government’s role in the health care system. But off in the wings is an effort to takeover another private market function – the market for student loans. Sadly, such a takeover [...]

The focus of the national agenda this summer has clearly become reforming America’s health care system. Bring it on! There is no question that our health care system needs to be reformed to squeeze out the much inflated expenses and to assure high quality care. The American healthcare system is the most expensive in the [...]

Congresswoman Carol Shea Porter
1330 Longworth HOB 
Washington, DC 20515 
July 24, 2009 
 
Dear Congresswoman Shea Porter: 
At a time when our economy is in crisis and both families and businesses around the country are struggling to keep their expenses to a minimum, we should expect nothing less from our government. Clearly, government draws its revenues from taxes on the [...]

Our Congresswoman, Carol Shea Porter proudly reported today that she had secured all of $1.5 million to fund two local New Hampshire projects. One million of this was for streetscape improvements in the Gaslight District in Manchester and $500,000 for infrastructure improvements for the Berwick Bridge in Somersworth.
Great, thank you! In the meantime, the [...]