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ArchivesBass and Bradley Support 50 Billion Spending CutBy Dan Gorenstein on Friday, November 18, 2005.Early today the House narrowly passed a plan to cut federal spending by 50 billion dollars over the next five years. Both Congressmen Charlie Bass and Jeb Bradley supported the measure. The House is now considering a bill to extend tax credits worth about 57 billion dollars. As New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, that package of legislation has drawn fire from liberals as well as fiscal conservatives. State Health Officials Prepare for Avian FluBy David Darman on Friday, November 18, 2005.State Health and safety officials this week have been staging an avian flu drill. They are preparing for a Pandemic in the event that a deadly flu virus in Asia starts making the jump from person to person. The state's drill is scheduled to culminate tomorrow when official plan to innoculate some 5000 people for the normal flu virus. The mass vaccination is meant to simulate what could happen should the pandemic hit and a vaccine is available. Doctor Donovan Albertson, Chief of Staff and the Head of Emergency Medicine at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, has been taking part in the exercises. For information about the flu vaccination clinics click here |
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