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A Conversation with NH Congressman Jeb Bradley on the Budget, Iraq, Medicare, Energy and More. That's NOW on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush has made it clear that "his" overriding priorities in 2006 are National Security and Taxes. He delivered his 2.7 trillion dollar budget to Congress February 6th -- and 2 days later was selling it in NH. The budget poses some "agonizing" choices for the Republican Majority in this critical mid-term election year. In this program -- we're talking with 2nd Term Congressman Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican who represents the 1st District. We'll hear his perspective on some of the key issues before Congress -- and he'll answer some of YOUR questions as well. Congressman Bradley -- Welcome. Q You hold town hall meetings with consituents regularly to get the "pulse of the people" so to speak. What do they say are THEIR top PRIORITIES. |
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The President's Budget calls for a military buildup and deep cuts in scores of programs fueling concerns about our most vulnerable citizens. We asked some voters in NH -- if they had YOUR ear -- what question -- they would want you Most to answer. Q What do you think the IMPACT will be on the poor? Q Despite GOP majorities in the House and the Senate, the President has had trouble moving his agenda in recent months. Will his BUDGET meet the same fate. you're on the Budget Committee?? Q TAXES: President Bush wants to make his tax cuts passed by Congress - Permanent. This is an ELECTION year. any CHANCE of that happening? Q You're a member of the Budget committee: "need to be careful spending, altho need to make sure we have money for war on terror and providing for nations veterans |
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One of those Agonizing Decisions before Congress involves MEDICARE -- a program which provides a SAFETY net for the poor and elderly. The Bush budget calls for a 36-billion dollar cut in Medicare spending over the next 5 years. Q Where do you stand on the plan to TRIM the program? Q Proposed Cuts would increase co-pays for some patients. Currently , Most Medicaid recipients don't pay anything for office visits or prescriptons. Some Medicaid recipients would be required to pay monthly premiums. Advocates worry THOUSANDS of Low Income people would be left with NO coverage. Is that a real DANGER?? Q In 2 years, Babyboomers will begin to RETIRE. According to one analyst: "When these 76 million people stop paying taxes and begin collecting social security, Medicare and Medicaid -- They will swamp the government's resources and could provoke a financial crisis." Your on the BUDGET committee -- WHAT's your read? |
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MEDICARE's Part D/ Prescription Drug Program -- has been problematic to say the least. Beaurecratic Logjams have kept NH Seniors from getting the MEDICATION they need. Forcing the state to step in to ensure coverage. Q Do you think things are straightened out now? And what accounts for this really problematic rollout of this big new benefit? Q Will the FEDERAL Government be giving FULL reimbursement to NH? Q Currently FEDERAL law doesn't allow govt to make DIRECT payments to states under MEDICARE program -- any efforts to change that? |
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While domestic spending is squeezed -- the Defense Department budget is on the rise. The War in Iraq continues to be a money pit -- leading the public to increasingly ask about EXIT plans. Q What is the latest TIMETABLE for bringing troops home? Q Are we in this for a much LONGER period of time than most believe? Q Has the War in Iraq made the nation Safer from terrorism or more vulnerable to terrorism? Q There's a big debate in Washington about extension of the Patriot ACT and concerns about domestic eavesdropping. ** Where do you stand on secret wiretapping? ** Is this an issue voters in the state care a lot about it -- or do they see it as not reallyrelevant to their lives? T |
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I know you recently returned from Iraq --surveying military operations and reconstruction efforts. You were there last Spring as well. Q What's changed since then? Q Do the Iraqis have a better handle on forming a government? Q Has Progress been made on Training Iraqi forces to take over Security? ** I know you visited with Civilians and military personnel from NH while in Iraq Q Has PROGESS been made in the way of Body and Vehicle Armour. IED's were a big concern when we spoke last spring. Q How are the folks from NH doing? Q What did you hear from soldiers you spoke with? Q What struck you about your visit? =========================== Q How was MORALE of the troops you saw? Q Do the troops feel progress is being made? Q How are the Iraqi people responding to suicide bombers/attackers? |
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Let's talk about a Pocket book issue: Winter Heating Costs are hitting FAMILIES hard, Spending on gas and energy Bills -- are at their HIGHEST level in 2 decades. Here's a question on that issue from one of your Constituents: Q What do you think ought to be done on the ENERGY front? Q The president speaks of the ADDICTION to foreign oil in the United States. It appears more as an addiction to LOW COST energy. Ultimately, what will it take to CURTAIL America's dependence on oil from the Middle East? Q Are there things that can be done on the STATE level, or is this an issue that can only be addressed from WASHINGTON? Q ENERGY EXperts say CONSEVATION efforts could ease us out of our gas crunch. That we could CUT prices if the US would mandate EFFICIENCY targets for Power Plants.offer more FINANCIAL incentives for RENEWABLE fuels like wind and solar.? WHY aren't we doing those things? Q Whats being done in terms of HOME HEATING assistance. Hi-cost of home heating fuels partly due to refinery disruptions in the gulf region. ANY support on that front??? |
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The rising cost of Health care continues to be a Major Concern. According to a 2005 survey by the Kaiser Family foundation: 66-percent of those with health insurance say their Premiums have "Increased" over the past 5 years. 38-percent of that number say premiums have gone up "a lot." Here's what one Voter had to say: How can we insure more people -- and have health care costs go DOWN? Q How can we help businesses cover their employees? Q President is pushing HEALTH care Accounts -- which give INDIVIDUALS control over spending -- so MARKET forces come into play. Do you SUPPORT that? AGAINST: 2/3rds of un-insured come from lower middle class families -- struggling to pay rents don't have spare dollars to put in private health accounts. |
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Plagued by an election-year scandal, and a Drop in support for Republicans in the polls. House Republicans voted in Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as the new House Majority Leader -- breaking with the political machinery of Tom DeLay -- who gave up the post in January after a lobbying scandal and his indictment on campaign finance charges, When it comes to Iraq, Government Ethics and Standing up to Lobbyists.Polls show The Public still trusts Democrats over Republicans. Q Will NEW Leadership turn that tide? ** Who did you support in House GOP Leadership Race? Q Will we see ELECTION reform this session??? Q ** What can be done, if anything, to make Washington work better in terms of the 2 parties working together? ====== Q NH'S entire congressional Delegation came out AGAINST Ray Burton for hiring a campaign aide with child sex related convictions -- urging the Executive Councilor to RESIGN. He did not. ** will State Republicans back a PRIMARY challenger against Burton -- who has seen little competition in recent election. ** serves on armed services, and budget.small business comittee.chair of subcommittee on tax, finance and exports. |
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Cuts in the Student Loan Program -- are causing a stir. Supporters say the budget reconciliation bill --which calls for those cutbacks makes more money available to low income students, critics argue it eliminates a huge chunk of money. Q Which is it? ** will students be paying more ? Q You SUPPORTED the bill? WHY You called it a: "necessary and important step in reducing our nation's deficit." What did you mean? |
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From time to time we like to check in with NH's Congressional delegation. We've invited the other members of the delegation to join us and hope to have them on in the days and weeks ahead -- as we continue our look at the important issues facing Congress. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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watching olympics Miller, Rahlves and another Austrian, Fritz Strobl, will be the favorites in the men's downhill, the glamour event of the alpine sport, which takes place Feb. 11 on Sestriere's freshly snow-covered course. His next best chances for gold will come in the Super G, a week later, and the giant slalom on Feb. 20. He took a pair of silver medals at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 in combined and Super-G. Last year he became the first American in 22 years to capture the overall World Cup title. As 2006 neared, even though the prospect hardly excited him, he looked like a lock to land atop several Olympic podiums in Turin. |
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CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Governor John Lynch meets for the first time tomorrow with energy coordinators from every state energy to discuss progress on his executive order that they reduce energy use by ten percent. Lynch spokeswoman Pamela Walsh says the governor will introduce the coordinators to the state's newly hired energy manager and explain new policies on equipment purchases, such as using Energy Star appliances and vehicle mileage minimums. In July, the governor directed state agencies to reduce energy use by 10 percent. In September, he asked them to do more, such as encouraging teleconferencing to reduce the need for travel, encouraging employees to car pool to state meetings and turn off lights. |
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Republicans hope tom delays successor will repair their reputation -- but stink of lobbying scandal clings hard to the gop. Boehner run as Mr Clean -- an outsider bent on shaking up the system. vote falls 2 days after bush's state of union. "if we don't get our act together.we'll be the minority party next year" Boehner was one of Newt Gingrich's clost allies in bringing Republicans to power in 19-94. when they took control of house in 19-95 after 40 yeras of democratic rule. Q Bush domestic priority: Helping GOP hold their majority in mid-term elections. Polls show majority of Americans prefer democratic direction to President's. 51 to 35% |
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Agreement reached on extending Patriot Act CAPITOL HILL - There's word of a congressional deal to extend the Patriot Act. Officials say key Senate Republicans have reached a tentative agreement with the White House on a compromise. Those Republicans had joined a Democratic-led filibuster late last year that blocked passage of a bill extending the life of the anti-terror law. Critics claimed that the versions before Congress didn't do enough to protect civil liberties. New Hampshire Senator John Sununu and three other Republican lawmakers are expected to announce details of the compromise today. The Patriot Act was passed five weeks after the Nine-Eleven attacks. It makes it easier for federal agents to gather and share information in terrorism investigations, install wiretaps and conduct secret searches of households and businesses. The existing law was to have expired December 31st, but Congress has extended it twice. The current extension expires March tenth. MIDDLE EAST: Suprising Election Victory. Hamas the new governing power among Palestinians. Now, Israel and US have to consider dealing with a party they view as terrorists. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/15/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 25:40 minutes A conversation with NH Congressman Jeb Bradley on the budget, Iraq, medicare, energy and more. That's NOW on New Hampshire Outlook. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush has made it clear that his overriding priorities in 2006 are National Security and Taxes. He delivered his 2.7 trillion dollar budget to Congress February 6th, and 2 days later was selling it in NH. The budget poses some "agonizing" choices for the Republican Majority in this critical mid-term election year. In this program -- we're talking with 2nd Term Congressman Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican who represents the 1st District. We'll hear his perspective on some of the key issues before Congress -- and he'll answer some of YOUR questions as well. Congressman Bradley -- Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Rep. Jeb Bradley\ New Hampshire, Susan Ridgway\Berwick, Maine, Amy Lockwood\Concord, Penni Perri\Lee, Larissa Mills\Bedford |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/15/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 25:40 minutes A conversation with NH Congressman Jeb Bradley on the budget, Iraq, medicare, energy and more. That's NOW on New Hampshire Outlook. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush has made it clear that his overriding priorities in 2006 are National Security and Taxes. He delivered his 2.7 trillion dollar budget to Congress February 6th -- and 2 days later was selling it in NH. The budget poses some "agonizing" choices for the Republican Majority in this critical mid-term election year. In this program -- we're talking with 2nd Term Congressman Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican who represents the 1st District. We'll hear his perspective on some of the key issues before Congress -- and he'll answer some of YOUR questions as well. Congressman Bradley -- Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Rep. Jeb Bradley\ New Hampshire, Susan Ridgway\Berwick, Maine, Amy Lockwood\Concord, Penni Perri\Lee, Larissa Mills\Bedford |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/15/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 25:40 minutes A conversation with NH Congressman Jeb Bradley on the budget, Iraq, medicare, energy and more. That's NOW on New Hampshire Outlook. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush has made it clear that his overriding priorities in 2006 are National Security and Taxes. He delivered his 2.7 trillion dollar budget to Congress February 6th -- and 2 days later was selling it in NH. The budget poses some "agonizing" choices for the Republican Majority in this critical mid-term election year. In this program -- we're talking with 2nd Term Congressman Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican who represents the 1st District. We'll hear his perspective on some of the key issues before Congress -- and he'll answer some of YOUR questions as well. Congressman Bradley -- Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Rep. Jeb Bradley\ New Hampshire, Susan Ridgway\Berwick, Maine, Amy Lockwood\Concord, Penni Perri\Lee, Larissa Mills\Bedford |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/15/06 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 25:40 minutes A conversation with NH Congressman Jeb Bradley on the budget, Iraq, medicare, energy and more. That's NOW on New Hampshire Outlook. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. President Bush has made it clear that his overriding priorities in 2006 are National Security and Taxes. He delivered his 2.7 trillion dollar budget to Congress February 6th -- and 2 days later was selling it in NH. The budget poses some "agonizing" choices for the Republican Majority in this critical mid-term election year. In this program -- we're talking with 2nd Term Congressman Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican who represents the 1st District. We'll hear his perspective on some of the key issues before Congress -- and he'll answer some of YOUR questions as well. Congressman Bradley -- Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Rep. Jeb Bradley\ New Hampshire, Susan Ridgway\Berwick, Maine, Amy Lockwood\Concord, Penni Perri\Lee, Larissa Mills\Bedford |
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A St. Anselm's College student will deliver a petition with hundreds of signatures to Representative Jeb Bradley's Manchester office today, asking Bradley to vote against $12.7 billion in student loan cuts before Congress. Students on campuses across New Hampshire have worked for several weeks to gather signatures asking Bass and Bradley to preserve student loan funding. The petition will also be delivered to Rep. Charlie Bass's Concord office. WHAT: Student Loan Petition Delivery WHO: St. Anselm's College student WHEN: Wed., Feb. 1, 9:15am CONCORD, N.H. - Despite a last-minute bid by New Hampshire Democrats to rally opposition to federal cuts in Medicaid and student loan subsidies, the cuts narrowly passed the House. The bill passed by a vote of 216-to-214, largely along party lines yesterday. Republicans hailed the five-year, 39 billion dollar budget-cutting bill as an important first step to restoring discipline on spending. AP-NY-02-02-06 0216EST |
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New Medicaid on the HIT parade this year. The House Energy and Commerce Cmte looking to trim 11-billion dollars from the health program for the poor. CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Congressman Jeb Bradley says he's looking for ways to help states that paid for Medicare prescription payments obtain reimbursements from the federal government. Many states, including New Hampshire, stepped in with emergency money after Medicare Part D didn't recognize many people for coverage. Bradley has introduced legislation that would allow direct payments from the feds to the states under Medicare. P-NH--Bradley-Medicare Bradley says federal government should reimburse Medicare money bywconho CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire Congressman Jeb Bradley wants the federal government to repay states that stepped in to pay for prescriptions after problems started with a new Medicare program. Problems with the new Medicare Part D program left many people without access to prescriptions when it debuted last month. Medicare is the federal health insurance program mostly for retirees. Many states, including New Hampshire, enacted emergency measures to provide state money to pay for prescriptions when it turned the new program wasn't recognizing people for coverage. The New Hampshire Legislature came up with 500-thousand dollars to cover prescription payments. So far the state has more than seven-thousand dollars of that money. Current federal law doesn't allow the government to make direct payments to states under the Medicare program. Bradley, who supported the new Medicare program, has introduced legislation in the U-S House that would change the laws to allow the payments. WASHINGTON Feb 7, 2006 — President Bush, constrained by wars, hurricanes and exploding budget deficits, has sent Congress a 2007 spending plan that is garnering howls of pain from farmers, teachers, doctors and a wide array of other groups with special interests. Democrats, as expected, pronounced the Republican president's budget plan dead on arrival. But many Republicans were equally sharp in their reservations about the $2.77 trillion spending blueprint the administration unveiled on Monday. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., called Bush's proposed cuts in education and health "scandalous" while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said she was "disappointed and even surprised" at the extent of the administration's proposed cuts in Medicaid and Medicare. Given the level of congressional frustration, administration witnesses, led by Treasury Secretary John Snow, were expected to face a tough sales job before various congressional committees on Tuesday. Bush's spending blueprint for the 2007 budget year that begins Oct. 1 would provide large increases for the military and homeland security but would trim spending in the one-sixth of the budget that covers the rest of discretionary spending. Nine Cabinet agencies would see outright reductions with the biggest percentage cuts occurring in the departments of Transportation, Justice and Agriculture. And in mandatory programs so-called because the government must provide benefits to all who qualify the president is seeking over the next five years savings of $36 billion in Medicare, $5 billion in farm subsidy programs, $4.9 billion in Medicaid support for poor children's health care and $16.7 billion in additional payments from companies to shore up the government's besieged pension benefit agency. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley noted that Congress has just completed a yearlong battle to achieve far smaller five-year savings in Medicaid, the joint federal-state health program for the poor, and Medicare as part of a $39 billion five-year trim in benefit programs. ============== It wasn't an easy legislative accomplishment," said Grassley, R-Iowa. "Any more reductions of a significant scope could be difficult this year." Bush's budget would meet his twin goals of making permanent his first-term tax cuts, which are set to expire by 2010, and cutting the deficit in half by 2009, the year he leaves office. The administration's new budget projects that this year's deficit will soar to an all-time high of $423 billion, surpassing the old mark in dollar terms of $412 billion set in 2004, as the costs of rebuilding from last year's devastating hurricanes and the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan push spending higher. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday that the military must continue to change in order to defend terrorists who could get a nuclear weapon or launch a biological attack against a major American city. "No nation, no matter how powerful, has the resources or capability to defend everywhere, at every time, against every conceivable type of attack," Rumsfeld said in remarks prepared for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. "The only way to protect the American people, therefore, is to provide our military with as wide a range of capabilities, rather than preparing to confront any one particular threat. Democrats, hoping to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans in this year's election, charged that Bush was forced into an austere spending plan because of the estimated $1.4 trillion over the next decade that it will cost to extend his first-term tax cuts, which Democrats claim primarily benefit the very wealthy. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., said Bush's budget was sending a clear message "that the most important thing to this administration are tax cuts being made permanent for the wealthiest of Americans." In addition to strict limits on most discretionary, non-security spending in the budget, Bush sought drastic cuts or total elimination on 141 programs that would produce savings of nearly $15 billion in 2007. The targeted programs included 42 in the area of education ranging from drug-free schools to federal support for the arts, technology and parent-resource centers. Those proposed cuts were coming at a time when the administration is seeking more spending to train 70,000 high school math and science teachers as part of Bush's new American Competitiveness Initiative designed to relieve anxiety about the country's ability to compete with emerging economic powers such as China and India. Even previously favored agencies such as the National Institutes of Health were not immune from the budget knife with overall funding essentially frozen and many individual programs seeing budget cuts. That brought objections from groups ranging from the American Heart Association to the American Diabetes Association. Robert A. Rizza, president for medicine and science of the American Diabetes Association, said Bush's proposed cuts in diabetes research and prevention "would weaken the federal resources needed to fight this national epidemic." Bush's budget submission is just the opening round in what opponents are promising will be a spirited fight in Congress over spending priorities. "The president's budget slashes resources for exactly the priorities we should be supporting groundbreaking medical research, health care for our seniors, and education for our kids," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
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