Archive for February, 2008

February 21, 2008

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

The House Ways and Means Committee re-affirmed the revenue estimates this week. This is a process where they gather the current projections from department heads and compare them to the figures used to fund the budget. The concensus of the full committee was a shortfall of $150 million. There is a Republican […]

February 15, 2008

Friday, February 15th, 2008

The House met in Session on Wednesday afternoon. Due to the weather we failed to reach a quorum meaning that a 2/3 vote was required to do business (either pass or kill bills). The CACR’s (Constitutional Amendment’s) were special ordered to the next Session day (March 5th) because they require a 60% majority […]

February 8, 2008

Friday, February 8th, 2008

The past two weeks have been busy in the Legislature. The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Costing an Adequate Education released a report on Friday February 1. The report is available on the internet using the following link. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/reports/1900.pdf
The committee reached agreement on a number of factors which are used in costing […]