08/20/2010
These days, Warren's prowess and prominence makes her a leading candidate to become the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and in a letter to the President today, Representative Paul Hodes of New Hampshire voiced his support for her nomination.
08/19/2010
Hodes also talked about job creation and assisting small businesses, like he did on his visit to the city in April.
"We have been talking a lot about jobs and the economy, how to build the middle class on a firm foundation," Hodes said, later adding that there is a need to give tax breaks to small businesses and middle class families.
08/17/2010
Biden will attend an event for U.S. Rep. Carol Shea Porter, who is seeking re-election, and U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, who is running for the U.S. Senate.
08/12/2010
Obama signed the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act on Tuesday night, after Congress passed it earlier in the day by a 247-161 vote. Both U.S. Reps. Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter voted for the legislation, which expends $26 billion in total, $16 billion of which will be used for Medicaid support to states.
Of the $10 billion for education, $41 million is expected to come to the Granite State. That will be used to save 700 education jobs that would have otherwise fallen victim to budget cuts, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
08/12/2010
Congressman Paul W. Hodes (D-N.H.) led the bipartisan group that submitted a resolution opposing U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt's (D-Mass.) bill on July 29, claiming that this proposed taxation would be unfair for small retailers in the online community. Though New Hampshire does not impose a sales tax, Delahunt's proposition threatens those New Hampshire small business owners with expanded operations online. In other words, if a Granite Stater makes furniture and sells his or her chairs on eBay, they would be required to start collecting sales taxes from shoppers in other states should the Main Street Fairness Act become law.
"New Hampshire's small businesses and entrepreneurs already have to compete with giant retail chains selling cheap foreign imports," reads a statement from Hodes. "The last thing they need is a new tax that will increase costs, expand regulations, and drive them out of business." He says he "will continue to fight to make sure that our small businesses can compete and create jobs without these kinds of regulations and new taxes that are roadblocks to their growth."
08/06/2010
Eaton said he was in Nashua to give his support for Hodes in the Senate race. Specifically, Eaton said he supports Hodes because he doesn't take a "military-first" approach to every problem and has shown his support for veterans during his time in Congress.
08/05/2010
"The cozy relationship between government regulators, elected officials and Washington lobbyists has to stop, and I'm going to fight to end it in the United States Senate," Hodes said. "I'm running for the U.S. Senate to answer to the people of New Hampshire, not the Washington lobbyists and their special interest clients."
08/04/2010
Hodes, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate, said he is working on legislation to require former members of Congress to wait a full term - two years for House members and six years for Senators - before lobbying their former colleagues. The current waiting period is one year for ex-House members and two for Senators.
He also wants to double the cooling-off time to six years for former regulators seeking to become bank or defense lobbyists. Former employees of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, which regulates the oil and gas industry, also would have to wait six years before becoming lobbyists for those industries.
08/02/2010
In addition to receiving his medals, Ward also received proclamations from Gov. John Lynch and U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-New Hampshire.
07/30/2010
"New Hampshire's small businesses and entrepreneurs already have to compete with giant retail chains selling cheap foreign imports," Hodes said in a statement. "The last thing they need is a new tax that will increase costs, expand regulations, and drive them out of business."
