Republican Review | Volume 4 Issue 36 | August 30, 2019

MESSAGE FROM THE REPUBLICAN LEADER

House Republicans & Friends Across New Hampshire,

The next House session will be on Wednesday, September 18th at 10:00 a.m. as well as Thursday, September 19th. The House is likely to take up Governor Sununu's vetoes, and vote on some resolution to the budget impasse, whether it be another continuing resolution, or a new bill whose content we don't yet know, as negotiations are ongoing.

With a record number of governor's vetoes, it's now in the legislature's hands to sustain those vetoes. My leadership team and I are working hard to make sure House Republicans are aligned, united, present, and voting on the 18th and 19th of September.

With so many vetoes (thankfully), you might need an index to remember the titles of the bills and a refresher on why the governor chose to veto those bills. We've created such an index, with bill numbers, titles, and links to the veto messages below in this newsletter.

Our newsletter took last week off, so we didn't get a chance to congratulate Michael Vose on becoming the Republican nominee in the Rockingham District 9 (Epping) primary on Tuesday, August 20th. Republicans were fortunate to have two very qualified candidates and I thank them both for stepping forward to run and serve.

Mike has demonstrated that he has the experience and policy expertise to be a strong voice in Concord for the people of Epping and for taxpayers across our state. He served as an assistant majority leader just last term, and is a well respected, thoughtful person who I look forward to serving with again. We wish him the best of luck. We have a brief rundown of ways you can help below in this newsletter.

Make it a great weekend!

All the best, 

Dick Hinch, House Republican Leader

Click here to view the latest House Calendar

Reminder: Veto Vote Rules

NH State Constitution Part II, Article 44

[Veto to Bills.] Every bill which shall have passed both houses of the general court, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor, if he approves, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it; if after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with such objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and, if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of persons, voting for or against the bill, shall be entered on the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within five days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it unless the legislature, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.
September 5, 1792

Summary: Vetoed House bills return to the House, Senate bills to the Senate. In order to override a veto, a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate is required. Therefore, if either body fails to meet the two-thirds threshold, it will not proceed to the other body.

As a reminder, the question before the House will be: "Notwithstanding the Governor’s veto, shall HB___ become law?" Therefore if you oppose the bill, you would press the RED button.
 

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Municipal Leaders: Stop the Grandstanding, Get to Work

Several current and former House Republicans who are current elected municipal leaders were present for a press conference this morning asking Democratic leaders in the legislature to stop playing politics games with the state budget impasse. Rep. Aboul Khan, selectman in the town of Seabrook, pictured speaking below.
 

Ways you can help Michael Vose win the Epping special election

Phone Banks

From now through election day on October 8th the NHGOP be holding phone banks  at the NHGOP HQ in Concord every Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30pm to talk with and alert voters of the upcoming Special. 

Canvassing

They will also be canvassing in Epping every Saturday through the election and would love to have you join them for canvassing. They meet at 9:30am outside of Ryan's Place Diner in Epping.

If you are able to participate in any of the above mentioned activities, email elliot@nhgop.org or call 603-225-9341. RSVPs are appreciated to ensure they have sufficient materials and staff available to help.
 

Veto/Veto Message Index

VANITY PLATE CONTEST

New Hampshire is notorious for our ubiquitous vanity plates. Unless you were living under a rock this past week, you likely saw that Governor Sununu stepped in to allow a Rochester resident to keep her plate "PB4WEGO".

So we got to thinking, what are some creative vanity plate configurations you might see on a Democrat legislator's vehicle? Here are some examples:

   

Remember to keep it tasteful and within the boundaries of the compliance rules set forth by the Division of Motor Vehicles: https://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/dmv/registration/vanity-plates.htm

Just reply to this email with your entries. We'll publish out favorites in a future issue.

NH HOUSE STATS:

Republicans: 164
Democrats: 233
Libertarians: 1