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On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled New Hampshire House passed a two-year, $13 billion state budget crafted in a process Gov. Chris Sununu has already slammed the budget, Democrats are not happy either.It was a compromise budget within the House Republican caucus. Conservative and ultra-conservative GOP state representatives united to pass the budget, reaching a consensus they could not attain when they last controlled the House four years ago.“Families across New Hampshire have had to tighten their belts over the last year during the pandemic and state government must be able to do the same,” Republican Majority Leader Jason Osborne said. Democrats also stood in opposition.“You have before you a budget that downshifts to our local communities and underfunds the needs of our citizens,” said Rep. Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord. Several of Sununu’s budget priorities were removed, including his proposed merger of the University and Community College systems and his paid family
(Thursday afternoon, April 1, update)UNHAPPY WITH RESPONSE. State Democratic lawmakers are unhappy with a response they received from the executive director of the Governorâs Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery to their request for more detailed information on the distribution of COVID-19 relief funds.Four leaders of the Democratic minority in the House and Senate asked for âspending reports and disbursementsâ of CARES Act funds - the massive program passed by Congress and signed into law by then-President Donald Trump more than a year ago â in a March 10 letter to GOFERR Executive Director Taylor Caswell. The Democratsâ March 10 letter to Caswell is here.The Democratic offices of the House and Senate said Thursday that on Wednesday, the lawmakers â Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy, Sen. Lou DâAllesandro, House Democratic Leader Renny Cushing and Rep. Mary Jane Wallner â received a response from Caswell. Caswellâs respons
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