October 10, 2008 - 12:13pm

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Bradley, Shea-Porter square-off in first debate

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

BEDFORD--The state of the economy took the center stage in the first debate this election cycle former U.S Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) and U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester).

Bradley said the country is facing a "crisis of confidence," while Shea-Porter said she is "optimistic" that the economy will recover.

"We have a crisis of confidence in our country we need more than finger pointing, more partisan name blaming and all of those kinds of things," Bradley said at the debate sponsored by the AARP. "We need people who will go to Washington, who are real leaders who have a track record of working across the aisle as I did in the 12 years I served in the legislature or the 4 years I served in Congress to really solve problems."

Responding to question about when the economy will recover, Shea-Porter said, "I would say that in the long-term we've been in trouble before and the American businesses, and the American people, are very strong and we will come through this."

Shea-Porter added, "I've very optimistic, I belief in us and we will come through this."

During the debate Bradley said he was not in favor of privatizing Social Security but when pressed on the issue Bradley did not take the idea off the table.

"I want to stress that this is an area I disagree with President Bush on I don't agree with privatizing Social Security but you know what we need to reassure seniors that Social Security is not going to disappear," Bradley said.

"Actually Jeb you've flipped so many times on Social Security that the Union Leader said this issue was clear as fog," Shea-Porter responded. "And your answer is still not clear about what you're saying."

In a follow-up question about whether he would agree to a "carve out plan" that would create private accounts Bradley said, "What I'm not going to do is say that any option that might work even though I am skeptical that we should take off the table but one thing I would really disagree with my opponent on this is that she's always looking for taxpayers to bailout the government and this is another example."

Shea-Porter did have one misstep when she incorrectly stated that a 1999 banking deregulation bill was advocated by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Bradley said the bill was signed by President Clinton and was one factor that led to the current economic crisis.

"The name on that is Graham as in Lindsey Graham," Shea-Porter said.

The bill was actually pushed by former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.).

BRIAN LAWSON is a PolitickerNH.com Reporter and can be reached via email at brian.lawson@politickernh.com.

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HB 3036 is a bad deal for taxpayers and children

posted by NH

Both Porter and Hodes brought us a huge spending bill with HB 3036. It will cost $500 B and will be another federal mandate and further ruin the public schools as places of learning.

It is the most outrageous piece of legislation to come out of the 14% Democrat Congress YET.

It will ensure that ALL public school children be indoctrinated into world class socialism and liberalism for generations to come, thus guaranteeing the Democrats their vote each election. It completely politicizes our already politicized system, where 'social change' is the goal, not learning.

(Even Walter Peterson is into this nonsense now)

If parents don't wield some force over their school boards and reject this interference fromthe federal DOE, there will be no more GOP. There will be no more freedom of thought, and there will be NO MORE FREEDOM.

DO not underestimate the effect this has on society. The William Ayers types have taken over our schools.

I wrote to complain to Porter about what she had done and was ignored.

Please look up HB 3036 because your child might have this disease known as "Nature Deficit Disorder".

IF this doesn't prove that Hodes and Porters are KOOKS nothing does.

10/11/08 8:46 pm

CAROL SHEA-PORTER

posted by ALB

Don't beleive me check her role call votes!

Floor Amendment on HR 24, petitioning Congress to commence expelling procedures on Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter of District 1 in New Hampshire.

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter’s failure to do her job for her Democratic Constituents by not filing an Impeachment on President George Bush, which caused special interest groups to waste the people’s time in NH to send a House Resolution to all of Congressional Members to start an impeachment process.

January 5, 2007, when elected Congresswoman solicited Senator Biden for a big fat donation to her re-election campaign from her office in Washington, which is against the law.

Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter put out two flyers using Tax Payers money, where she spent over $140.000.00 that are borderline campaign literature.

5-Jan-2007, that Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter voted against providing affordable health care to uninsured working families. (House Roll Call 10).

17-Jan-2007, Congresswoman Voted to allow convicted felons to receive student loan benefits. (House Roll Call 29). She also Voted against increasing college access and affordability for middle- to low-income students, against providing greater resources for Pell Grants, and against deficit reduction on behalf of taxpayers. (House Roll Call 31)

18-Jan-2007, Congresswoman Shea-Porter voted for $6.5 billion in new taxes on American energy producers. Voted for higher energy prices for American consumers. Voted to stifle domestic energy production. And voted to increase America's dependence on foreign sources of energy. (House Roll Call 40). She also voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. (House Roll Call 224).

16-February-2007, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter posted campaign information on her congressional web site, which is paid for by the tax payers and is illegal.
23-Mar-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter voted for the Pelosi-Murtha "slow bleed" strategy to choke-off funding for American troops in harm's way. (House Roll Call 186) and Shea-Porter and her Democrat leadership in Washington left town on Veterans Day weekend without passing a vital veterans' housing, healthcare and benefits bill.
9-April-2007, Congresswoman had a press conference on how she passed the biggest budget in support of our Troops but failed to explain that the bill she voted for had 20 million dollars worth of pork spending and the bill had provisions in section 19.01 which prevents the president to employ Troops to assist, if our troops are pinned down.
18-Apr-2007, that Congresswoman Voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. (House Roll Call 224).

May 1st, 2007, Carol Shea-Porter’s Congressional Office Paid $5,000 of Tax Payers money to the New Hampshire Democratic State Committee. (Second Quarter Statement of Disbursements of the House, 110th Congress, 1st Session) According To the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s FEC Filing, Shea-Porter’s Payment Was For “Access To The Voter File Maintained By The New Hampshire Democratic State Committee.” She used tax payer’s money to purchase the list.

27-Jun-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter voted against a measure which would have required that all energy bills be certified to prevent higher energy prices for consumers. Shea-Porter also voted to allow for a reduction of domestic energy supplies and an increase in foreign energy dependence. (House Roll Call 578).

12-July-2007, that Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter has made her allegiance to protecting illegal’s abundantly clear: Shea-Porter voted not once, not just twice, but three times to make it easier for illegal immigrants to receive federal housing assistance, instead of ensuring that the funds go to the low-income Americans. (House Roll Call 628, 814 and 875).

24-Jul-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter voted yet again in lock-step with the Democrat leadership to block a motion aimed at protecting housing for America's homeless and disabled veterans. (House Roll Call 714). On July 24, 2007, Shea-Porter held a news conference in Concord, NH, to mark the first increase in the federal minimum wage since 1997. But Shea-Porter voted against increasing the minimum wage, because it was included in legislation to fund the Iraq War. She Lied!

19-Jul-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter failed to protect children in school when she voted against a motion which would have provided funding for schools to cover the fees to do background checks on teachers across the country. (House Roll Call 685)

1-Aug-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter voted to give federal handouts to illegal immigrants by voting to gut the requirements in the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, which requires states to verify citizenship before providing health benefits. (House Roll Call 787)

1-Nov-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter cast a vote which would not only cripple the American mining industry, but also send American jobs overseas, increase America's dependence on foreign resources, and undoubtedly endanger America's economic and national security. (House Roll Call 1032).

2-Aug-2007, that Congresswoman Shea-Porter put partisan politics above the needs of troops and commanders on the ground by voting for a Democrat-sponsored bill mandating extension of troop deployments overseas. (House Roll Call 795).

October 25, 2007, Shea-Porter issued a news release shortly after the vote, saying she “pledged to provide health care to ten million low-income kids, and even if the President vetoes this bill, we will continue to fight for health care for uninsured children” but she was not even there for the vote.
15-Nov-2007, that Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter voted to adjourn the US House of Representatives for a two week Thanksgiving recess, blatantly neglecting to pass a critical housing, health care and benefits bill for our nation's veterans and troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. (House Roll Call 1113)

6-Dec-2007, that Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter voted in lock-step with her Washington leaders for the Democrats' "No Energy" bill, killing jobs and increasing dependence on foreign energy. (House Roll Call 1140).

19-Dec-2007, that Congressman Carol Shea-Porter and the Democrats broke their "PAYGO" promise by voting to violate PAYGO rules in order to pass a patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) that is already so delayed that it will cost over 20 million Americans significant delays in receiving their IRS refunds this year. (House Roll Call 1183).

10/12/08 8:08 pm

Time to be hunt'in down sump'in

posted by j

Ah, 'tis a holiday. But judging from your comments thus far, the conspiracy mongers are out and about. I have never read such drivel. Writer NH screams, “Socialism” and “liberalism” what’s next, lions and tigers and bears – oh,my!
And writer ALB stumbled out of the starting gate with a brainy “role” call instead of “roll” call. Maybe ALB should quickly enroll in one of NH’s classes.
Crawl back under your rocks folks, take this holiday and enjoy it.

10/13/08 9:59 am