Paul Hodes

U.S. Rep. Henry WaxmanU.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) will join U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) for a fundraiser next week.

Waxman will attend a fundraiser for the Merrimack County Democrats on July 12 in Concord at the Red River Theatres. A ticket to the event will cost $15.

U.S. Rep. Paul HodesU.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) is co-sponsoring legislation that would increase the amount veterans traveling for health care receive from the Veterans Affairs Administration.

The bill, Veterans Travel Equity Act, would allow veterans to receive 50.5 cents per mile they travel to a VA hospital.

"With gas prices setting new records again and again this year, it is costing New Hampshire veterans more to drive those long distances to get the care they desperately need," Hodes said in a statement. "Veterans are paying more and drive further to get important medical coverage and that is plain wrong."

The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Justice to request their records relating to the New Hampshire 2002 phone-jamming case.

In 2002 the state Republican Party paid a political operative to jam the phone lines of the New Hampshire Democratic Party get-out-the-vote effort.

CONCORD -- 2nd Congressional District Grant Bosse (R-Hillsboro) laid-out three steps he would take to reform congressional "franking privileges."

The "franking privilege" allows U.S. House members to send free mailings to constituents and must be seen by a bi-partisan congressional committee before being mailed.

Even a member of the U.S. House can have trouble finding a decent parking space.

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) car was illegally parked in Washington, D.C., Roll Call reported Monday.

WMUR's Close-Up concentrated on political advertisements and their effects on the electorate. The panel consisted of New Hampshire Institute of Politics Political Director Jennifer Donahue, New Hampshire Republican Chairman Fergus Cullen, Director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party's coordinated campaign Colin Van Ostern and Dean Spiliotes, from NH Political Capital.

The panel also discussed U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes and his franked mailings and possible issues that will dominate the November election.

Jennifer Horn had a bad week when she lost her campaign manager and rumors persisted about money problems. Find out who joined her on this weeks Winners & Losers.