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New Hampshire Delegation Votes Against New Federal Farm Bill

By Don Rush on Friday, May 10, 2002.

The Farm Bill is one step away from becoming law, with only the promised Presidential signature needed for enactment.

With a vote of 64 to 35, the US Senate gave its final blessing Wednesday.

The House passed the bill last week.

And as NHPR correspondent Don Rush reports from Washington, the Granite State's Republican Senators were on the losing side.

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The Hatch Act and John Stephen

By Josh Rogers on Friday, May 10, 2002.

The race for the GOP nomination in the first congressional district has seen plenty of aggressive campaigning from Republican Sean Mahoney. His camp is now charging that John Stephen, who now serves as assistant commissioner of safety is in violation of the Hatch act. That federal law forbids executive branch employees from seeking office if their duties have any connection to federal monies. John Stephen disputes the allegations.

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