In Case You Missed It This Week…3/19/2010     Ayotte Town Hall Meeting with Senator John McCain On Saturday, Kelly held her first town hall meeting in Nashua with special guest, Senator John McCain. Kelly and the Senator addressed the large crowd and took multiple questions from the excited participants who turned out in droves to support her campaign.  Thank you to everyone who attended! See more coverage of the town hall here. Circumventing the Constitution: Congress can do better  In case you missed it, read Kelly’s new post on health care reform.      It looks like nothing – not even the U.S. Constitution – will stop Democrats from trying to takeover health care. When it became clear that they didn’t have enough votes to pass their legislation under ordinary rules, they first turned to an obscure tactic known as “budget reconciliation.” Created during the Nixon administration, this procedural tool was intended to provide a way for lawmakers to modify spending programs. Rarely used over the past few decades, reconciliation appeals to Democrats now because measures considered under the procedure require only 51 votes in the Senate for passage – not the usual 60 that are required to end debate. But Democrats in the House are so worried about voting for the Senate bill’s “Cornhusker Kickback,” “Louisiana Purchase” and Florida “GatorAid” buy-offs that they’re ready to write new rules just to avoid taking a stand on these shameless giveaways. At a time when Americans need real leadership, Democrats are looking for legislative loopholes to avoid being held accountable for this package of backroom deals. Read more here Upcoming Ayotte Events and Travel   This week, Kelly was in Nashua for Mayor Streeter's Wild Irish Breakfast, she attended the John P. Ganley St. Patrick's Day Memorial Award Luncheon in Salem and was in Manchester for Bobby Stephen's St. Patrick's Day Celebration which benefited his fund for education.  Yesterday, Kelly was in Concord for the Vesta Roy March to November.  Today, Kelly was in Portsmouth and later this evening, will attend the Hillsborough County Lincoln-Reagan Gala in Bedford. On Sunday, Kelly will be in Plymouth for the Grafton County Republican Committee Meeting.   Kelly needs your help to take her message of fiscal discipline and real reform to Washington!



• Take back tax credits and other assistance given to up to 259,000 families and 34,600 small businesses to help them afford coverage;
• Eliminate coverage for 59,500 uninsured residents poised to gain coverage;
• Take back coverage from 17,600 residents with pre-existing conditions;
• Take away coverage from 92,000 young adults now able to obtain coverage on their parents' insurance plans;
• Eliminate millions in new funding for 59 community health centers across New Hampshire;
• Maintain sky-rocketing prescription drug costs for 207,000 Medicare beneficiaries by keeping open the prescription drug donut hole

In This Issue

1. Freedom Matters, Freedom Works
   
2. Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. Principle Above Politics Award
   
3. The Real Lynch Record
4. Upcoming Events

Freedom Matters, Freedom Works

Following the April 17th Annual Meeting please join us for a luncheon featuring special guest

U.S. Congressman Connie Mack

$25.00 per person
$200.00 per table

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Bow High School
32 White Rock Hill Road
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1:00 PM OR immediately following the Annual Meeting.

For more information please e-mail BJ Perry or call 225-9341.

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Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. Principle Above Politics Award

Each year at the NHGOP Annual Meeting, The Medrim Thomson Jr. Principle Above Politics Chairman’s Award is awarded to the individual who has demonstrated courageous and principled leadership like the Late Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. did during his tenure as Chief Executive of the state of New Hampshire.

Nominations can be made by any New Hampshire Republican and must be submitted by 5:00 PM on March 30th, 2010.

Click here to submit your nomination.

For additional information please contact BJ Perry or call 225-9341.

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The Real Lynch Record

Governor Lynch claimed to have controlled spending in this budget cycle. In truth, the 2010-2011 budget contains a 6-10% INCREASE in addition to the 17.5% INCREASE in the last budget. This is compared to all other states in the U.S., which have averaged a 5% REDUCTION in proposed spending over their last two budgets.

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Upcoming Events

• Vesta Roy Reception with Donna Sytek and Donnalee Lozeau
  Thursday, March 18, 2010
• Hampstead GOP Meeting w/ Ovide Lamontagne
  Thursday, March 18, 2010
• Hillsborough County GOP Lincoln-Reagan Reception & Dinner with Congressman Mike Pence
  Friday, March 19, 2010
• Kelly Ayotte & Jennifer Horn at the Draft in Concord, NH
  Tuesday, March 23, 2010
• Atkinson Republican Meeting w/ Karen Testerman
  Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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DURHAM DEMOCRATS CHOOSE LEADERSHIP TEAM MARCH 31

DURHAM – The Durham Democratic Town Committee will be meet Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. at the Durham Recreation building, the former Durham Courthouse, 2 Dover Rd. to elect officers for the next two years. The four committee officers and an at-large delegate to be elected at the committee caucus meeting will represent Durham at the New Hampshire Democratic Party state convention May 22.

All registered Democratic voters in Durham are already members of the town committee and are eligible to vote in the March 31 caucus.

Durham Democrats will also discuss plans for the coming year as local Democrats gear up for the fall election season.

For more information on the meeting or party activities in Durham, contact Durham Democratic town chair Tim Ashwell at durhamnhdems@comcast.net.

"On the Road Again!"                         

After I wrote to you last, we headed to the Strafford County Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Evening. There were over 100 energized people in attendance and I have a feeling that the high turn out is a sign that people are ready to get  out there and  fight to  make some changes in our state and country. Friends, I have said it before and will continue to throughout the year...this mid-term election is, in my opinion, the most important election in recent history. We have a chance to end the age of entitlement and strike back at the Washington establishment to tell them "the people will be heard."

At the Strafford County event, I had the opportunity to meet Lt. Col. USMC (Ret.) "Mac" McLean. Not only is this  great American a veteran of two wars but at 92 years-old Mac is still actively committed to service work. He is an avid Pease Greeter and it is rare that he misses the opportunity to welcome our troops home or give them a proper send off. He advocates for the Pease Greeters at every opportunity and I was grateful to learn more about this great organization from him. You can check out the site here; I know I will be going to join the Greeters for a flight soon.

Supporting our men and women in uniform was certainly an important theme this week. I attended the MooreMart breakfast Wednesday morning in Concord. MooreMart is an outstanding New Hampshire based volunteer organization that supplies soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan with care packages containing items that make their jobs and their deployments just a little easier. They also collect letters and cards of support made by school-aged children to include in the packages. We heard testimony from soldiers who told us these packages truly raised their spirits and reminded them of what they are fighting for: protecting the American people at home and defending liberty and the values our nation was founded upon. Learn more about the remarkable work done by MooreMart  here.

I also want to give a special thanks to Diane Bitter and Sue Polidura for putting together a well-organized and informative Meet and Greet for Republican candidates  in Rye the other night.   I was happy to join with Rye Republicans in honoring Evelyn Marconi and Ruth Griffin as pillars of the New Hampshire GOP community. Ladies, you are icons of conservative values and I thank you for all you do for the Granite State.

 Grassroots Activists of the Week

 I would like to recognize our Grassroots Activists of the Week, Donna & Barry Nilson and Mark & Dawn Shearholdt, for hosting a Meet & Greet at the Nilson home in Amherst! There were a number of new faces in attendance...folks from the community that are ready to get involved in the political process and make their voices heard in Washington! We had a great conversation and I recevied a number of important questions regarding the economy, health care, Washington entitlement and term limits. Thanks again to the Nilsons and the Shearholdts for your generosity and tremendous efforts to organize and hold a terrific event! 

 In Case you Missed it 

President Obama, who had previously pledged to govern as a "post-partisan" leader, is now working in concert with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to ram his one-party health care measure through the Senate under the back-room process of reconciliation with no Republican support.  Reconciliation may sound benign, but in truth, it is a way for the Democrats to ignore the will of the people. Where is New Hampshire's own Paul Hodes in all this? He stands with Obama, Pelosi and Reid and against the people. See the op-ed that I wrote for Human Events here.
 
I also would like to share my statement on my support of the ban on earmarks this week. Senator DeMint has been a principled and tenacious leader on earmarks from day one in the Senate. He continually sets a strong example for others to follow and I supported him on his efforts to force a vote on a one-year earmark ban this week in the Senate. Earmarking is a bi-partisan problem that has a corrupting influence on legislators, and leads only to more wasteful spending.

In addition, on Tuesday I got to join Charlie Sherman in studio to talk with him about New Hampshire values and about the campaign trail. You can listen to the interview by clicking here.

 Looking Ahead

• March 16 at 5:30pm - I will be attending the Americans for Prosperity event at the Rochester Elks Club 41 Columbus Avenue, Rochester.

• March 17 at 4:00pm - Join me at the Bobby Stevens Celebration on St. Pat! It will be held at the Executive Court 1199 South Mammoth Road in Manchester.
• March 17 at 7:00pm - Join me for a St. Patrick's Day Green Beer Meet and Greet at the home of Liz and Sean Ferren, 28 Lindsay Road in Hooksett.
• March 18 - I will be speaking to Hampstead GOP Committee members at the Hampstead Public Library, 9 Mary E. Clark Drive at 7pm.
• March 19 - I will be joining Republicans from around the state at the Hillsborough County GOP reception and dinner with Congressman Mike Pence.  It will be at CR Sparks in Bedford starting at 5:30pm.

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