Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]

Health care bills target wealthy taxpayers

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...want, and Senate Democrats who let this bill even come up for debate will pay a price on Election Day next year," he said. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, predicted that the bill's tax proposals would not be

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Senate readies for key healthcare vote

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...bill itself. This "vote is something we need to look at as a vote that's not some sort of . . . a procedural vote," Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said on the Senate floor Friday. "It's a substantive vote on whether or not we're going to fundamentally change

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Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...scam," said Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., likening the bill's supporters to the imprisoned investor who fleeced millions. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said Reid had delayed implementation of many of the bill's key provisions and made it look less costly as a result

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Health care bill faces a crucial Senate vote

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...would no longer be allowed to deny coverage to people with medical conditions or drop coverage when someone gets sick. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., accused Democrats of playing the "ultimate shell game" with the cost of the bill, put at $848 billion over 10

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Republicans assail US health care bill, Democrats set first vote in Senate Saturday night

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...like Reid's legislation awaiting the Saturday night Senate vote. "It makes no sense at all and affronts common sense," said Sen. Judd Gregg, one of several Republicans to criticize the measure. He added that a plan to expand Medicaid, the state-federal

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Republicans blast 'bait and switch' US health bill

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...Reid's legislation awaiting the Saturday night Senate vote. "It makes no sense at all and affronts common sense," said Sen. Judd Gregg, one of several Republicans to criticize the measure. He added that a plan to expand Medicaid, the state-federal progr

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Reid announces a Saturday vote on beginning debate on health bill

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...in the Senate and to broadly frustrate Democratic efforts to round up the votes they need to pass their legislation. Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), the ranking Republican on the Senate budget committee, also decried the bill, saying that it "may claim to be de

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'Phantom' data adds to GOP stimulus doubts

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...but Republicans say it's yet another example of how the $787 billion program has failed to deliver all that was promised. Sen. Judd Gregg, in a statement released yesterday, said these errors just add to the Obama administration's lack of credibility ab

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As Mahoney Declines Senate Run, Other Options Remain

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...run for Senate, but another high-profile race may be a possibility. Mahoney said Wednesday that he will not run for Sen. Judd Gregg's seat. The Republican said it was a tough call to forgo a Senate run, but it was made easier by those who will be in the

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Senate announces $849 billion health-care bill

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...dismissed it as "another trillion-dollar experiment," in the words of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.) said the bill "may claim to be deficit-neutral, [but] it uses sleight-of-hand budgetary tricks by assuming unreali

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The Dirty Job That Congress Won’t Do on Its Own

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...the idea. At a recent Senate Budget Committee hearing, the chairman, Sen. Kent Conrad (D, ND) spoke favorably of it. He and Sen. Judd Gregg (R, NH) are sponsors of a Senate version. Unlike constitutional proposals for a balanced budget, spending limits

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Sean Mahoney won't run for U.S. Senate

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...and businessmen William Binnie of Rye and James Bender of Hollis as the announced candidates in the race to succeed Sen. Judd Gregg, who will not seek reelection next year. In a statement to be issued to the Republican State Committee this afternoon, Ma

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Court nomination filibuster broken

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...Alexander of Tennessee; Saxby Chambliss of Georgia; Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine; John Cornyn of Texas; Judd Gregg of New Hampshire; Orrin Hatch of Utah; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-T

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Cobham to add 80 jobs at Exeter location

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...Leese, a representative from U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office; State Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter; Tom Prasol from U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg's office; Christopher Way of the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development; and Cobham General Manager Steve Bo

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Setting The Stage For An Intense GOP Primary In New Hampshire

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...Mahoney, a Republican national committeeman and publisher, said today that he won't enter the primary for retiring Sen. Judd Gregg's open seat. Mahoney's departure statement left open the possibility that he might endorse one of the two remaining Republ

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Dem leaders target Dec. 18; Senators offer health reform insights

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...a threat to filibuster any bill that includes one" (Dennis, 11/17). And The Hill reports on comments made Monday by Sen. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., that Senate Democrats would prevail in winning the 60 votes needed to pass healthcare reform with a publi

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Senate Votes for Cloture on Hamilton; Sessions Loses on Filibuster

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...Democrats to support cloture: Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), John Cornyn (Texas), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John Thune (S.D.), Judd Gregg (N.H.), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)..

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Gregg at the Pierre Hotel

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now completing his third term as a US Senator, Judd Gregg lists at the top of his accomplishments 'promoting responsible federal spending. ...

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Gregg makes the case for Ayotte

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sen. Judd Gregg, who is retiring when his term ends this year, put his support in writing for one of the candidates looking to replace him, Kelly Ayotte. ...

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Bipartisan Entitlement Commission Needed to Control Spending and Debt

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

A bipartisan group of seven Senate Budget Committee members, including Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and ranking member Judd Gregg ...

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