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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.

Jennifer Horn with the Petrones: Photo Credit: Horn campaign

Ambassador Joe Petrone and his wife Augusta hosted a fundraiser for Jennifer Horn Tuesday night.

The Petrones are honorary co-chairmen of her campaign for congress.

According to a campaign press release, 90 people attended the event at their house in Dublin with guest speaker Daveed Gartstein-Ross, Vice President of Research for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

Dover Republican activist Matt Mayberry has been hired to help with grassroots organizing for Bob Clegg's congressional campaign.

During the New Hampshire primary, Mayberry served as Strafford County chairman of U.S. Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign. Mayberry is also running for the state House from Dover.

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."

State Sen. Bob Clegg (R-Hudson): Photo Credit: www.cleggforcongress.comIn an online editorial, 2nd Congressional District candidate Bob Clegg (R-Hudson) says presumptive Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will win the Granite State in the fall not because McCain is a Republican but because he is "independent." In the same editorial, Clegg, a state senator, says he also represents the "mind-set" of voters.

"Both of our congressional seats are now occupied by Democrats, but I believe the voters of New Hampshire will deliver them back to the Republicans this year, with John McCain leading the way," Clegg wrote on the website GraniteGrok. "This is not because we both have an ‘R' next to our names; this is because John McCain and I truly represent the mind-set of New Hampshire voters. In 2004, 44% of New Hampshire voters identified themselves as ‘independent'."

John Stephen (R-Manchester) and Grant Bosse (R-Hillsboro): Photo credit: PolitickerNH.comCONCORD- A conservative tax group has launched a chapter in New Hampshire. Americans for Prosperity announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the group's aim is to promote grassroots activism in the Granite State.

"Americans for Prosperity is here to stay," said Ted Maravelias, AFP's New Hampshire deputy state director. "We're maintaining a strong network of grassroots activists."

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.

U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester) has finally launched her campaign website.

The website features a listing of campaign events, web videos and her stance on various issues.