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The NH House (with 400 friends) with Rep. Alexis Simpson
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The Democratic Leader of the NH House, Alexis Simpson, joins Liz to talk about how a bill becomes a law in New Hampshire - a very unique process because, well, it's New Hampshire.
Liz asks Alexis how much money state reps make in NH, and Alexis reminds Liz what social media platforms exist.
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Links:
- Democratic Leader of the House Alexis Simpson's Instagram
- Find your NH state representative(s) - most Granite Staters have more than one!
- NH House committees
- Sign in to support/oppose a bill with a public hearing in the House
- NH House schedule
- NH House YouTube channel (yes, a YouTube channel!)
- NH House passes budget plan that includes deep spending cuts, eliminates state jobs (NHPR)
- N.H. House votes to keep some Republican cuts, nixes others from state budget (Concord Monitor)
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Chapters
1. Opening - Doubling the number of reps? (00:00:00)
2. Intro Music (00:00:51)
3. Welcome to NH Has Issues, the podcast that dares to ask... (00:01:03)
4. I am your host, Liz Canada (00:01:40)
5. Welcome, Alexis Simpson (00:01:43)
6. What does it mean to be the Democratic Leader of the New Hampshire House? (00:01:49)
7. Can I call you Alexis (just on this podcast episode alone)? (00:04:13)
8. Let's start with a simple question: why are there 400 state reps in New Hampshire? (00:05:23)
9. Being a state rep is very important - so you must get paid a lot, right...? (00:06:39)
10. What's the impact on folks who want to run for state rep with that pay? (00:07:29)
11. Why did you choose to run, knowing it pays $100 and there are 399 others? (00:09:24)
12. What does the NH House actually do? (00:10:34)
13. NH House Committees (small groups) (00:12:12)
14. Committee examples: Education Policy, Education Funding (00:13:13)
15. Do committee members have expertise in these fields? (00:13:45)
16. What a "public hearing" is (for EVERY bill!) (00:15:10)
17. The public hearing process in the NH House (00:16:19)
18. What expertise do you need to testify in a public hearing? (00:18:15)
19. Childcare example for testifying (00:19:21)
20. Do you have to go to Concord to have your voice heard by the House? (00:19:43)
21. Usually hearings are during the day, though... (00:21:00)
22. You can email and call your state representatives - at home (00:21:44)
23. How many staff members do I have to go through to talk to my state rep? (00:21:52)
24. Executive Session: when the committee makes a recommendation on a bill (00:24:04)
25. Liz's example of a (silly) bill (00:24:39)
26. Uh-oh, it would cost money (fiscal note) (00:24:57)
27. Every bill gets a floor vote (00:26:25)
28. Let's double our friends! (00:26:55)
29. What are the actual debates in Concord this year? (00:27:41)
30. What is happening with the state budget? What's in it and what's not? (00:28:31)
31. Education Freedom Accounts: would be open to millionaires? (00:31:04)
32. Does the House get another say in the budget? (00:32:58)
33. Three options: concur (yes), nonconcur (nope), committee of conference (not...yet) (00:33:17)
34. Does the House get along with the Senate? (00:36:26)
35. What do you do in the "off season" (July - December)? (00:38:28)
36. Closing, Upcoming Episodes, Support the Show! (00:39:30)
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