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

Ayotte unconcerned about GOP reticence

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...she welcomes their support, but she's focused right now on New Hampshire voters. The Senate seat is being vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg. Second district Rep. Paul Hodes, currently in his second term in the House, is the only announced Democratic candidate.

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US Senate Approves $3M For NH Great Bay

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...N.H. -- U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg said the Senate has approved $3 million in funding to help preserve the New Hampshire Seacoast's Great Bay. The Republican senator said the money will help the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership protect more than 165

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Obama's edge not so sharp

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...Center believes both of that state’s congressional seats could go Republican and the GOP could retain the seat of retiring Sen. Judd Gregg. Sen. Chris Dodd (D) is in real trouble in Connecticut. And Patrick? Or as he’ll be known during campaign seas

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Binnie files for Sen. seat

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...leaders to refuse to participate. He becomes the third Republican to declare a campaign for the seat Republican Sen. Judd Gregg is leaving voluntarily next year. Former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, of Nashua, made official her campaign last year; Ho

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Vote soon on bill to extend help for homebuyers, jobless

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...the Senate will approve the legislation. "I think it will pass with a strong vote," Shaheen said in a phone interview. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said in a statement: "In these difficult times it is appropriate to extend unemployment insurance temporaril

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Binnie Joins Race For U.S. Senate

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...to deal with the economy. While he may not have the name recognition of the other possible candidates to replace U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, Binnie said it won't stay that way for long. "In the coming days, we will begin to establish one of the best grassroot

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NH senators hail passage of unemployment extension

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...the deal to extend the benefits, says the bill will help nearly 2 million Americans who are unable to find work. Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says the bipartisan action to extend the benefits was an appropriate and needed effort. Copyright 2009 The Associ

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NH senators hail passage of unemployment extension

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

Sen. Judd Gregg: Obama's Agenda Means 'No Child Left a Dime'

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...as a supplemental budget ??????? Does Senator Judd Gregg run his household in this manner ????? And where the hell was Senator Judd Gregg and all the other phony conservatives when Bush was spendig our tax dollars to the tune of ONE BILLION A WEEK for t

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Inhofe halts bid to extend road funding

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...to infrastructure spending. "So we got into a little bit of an argument,'' he said. Inhofe singled out opposition from Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. When asked for a response, Gregg's press aide referred to

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Gregg questions estimates on health reform

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...– Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., has spent much of his time on the Senate floor this month criticizing the official cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee's health reform bill. Gregg has said that Obama administration proposals, particularly health c

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Bow Woman Speaks In Washington On Health Care

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...Alliance for Retired Americans, which heard her story at a roundtable discussion. Amid the unveiling, Republicans, including Sen. Judd Gregg, criticized the $894 billion health care bill. "The idea that its not going to increase the deficit is so unbeli

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Democrats Unveil New Health Reform Plan

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...little more than hot air, ensuring a lengthy debate in Congress. Speaking to MSNBC shortly after Pelosi unveiled the bill, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said Democrats' projected cost savings and expected cuts to Medicare won't happen as envisioned. "It's j

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McConnell: Dems Not Sharing Health Care Bill With GOP

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...thing in secret." Sen. Mitch McConnell on the health care bill: "Nobody's seen it, other than RNC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE: "I support the Republican nominee as the Republican Party Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) says the health care bill is being written behind

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Takeover on Campus -- By: Stephen Spruiell

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...would be zero. The administration plans to spend all the money on Pell grants and other forms of means-tested aid.) But Sen. Judd Gregg thought that number looked a little high. He asked the Congressional Budget Office to re-run the numbers after proper

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Rising US debt troubles Congress

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...would be on the table. Social Security is on the table. Medicare is on the table. Revenues are on the table,” said Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., who with Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., came up with the plan. “The key to it is that it has to be ... absolutely

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Judd Gregg: Senate Dems Can Do What They Want on Health Care

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell would cooperate to have an honest debate on health care plans, Reid might get the sixty votes he needs for a floor vote on Washington Unplugged Tuesday.

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Commission to rein in federal entitlement costs is proposed

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...command a swift up-or-down vote by Congress. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the chief authors of the proposal, say they may attempt to attach it to must-pass legislation raising the

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Rising US debt troubles Congress

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON If Congress can’t stop itself from spending the nation into everlasting debt, give the controls to somebody else. Who says? A sizeable number of senators. An unpopular but must-pass vote next month to let the government borrow almost $1

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DAVID BRODER: Bipartisan effort might help rein in budget deficit

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...rejected by the House and Senate as a package. That idea has long been championed by Sens. Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, respectively the Democratic chairman and senior Republican on the Budget Committee, but has never had

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