Kevin Landrigan

.@AlexisSimpsonNH: "This budget is not responsible. It is not compassionate; and it is not sustainable. House Democrats know Granite Staters deserve better. A budget should lift people up, not push them down." #nhpolitics

.@NHSpeaker: "From the start, our number one priority was to protect New Hampshire citizens and our critical programs while securing a strong fiscal future. This budget reflects that commitment." #nhpolitics

House gives final vote on trailer bill, 185-175. Final hiccup was rank-and-file voted to retain the local option that cities and towns have to give permission to have Keno within local boundaries. House GOP budget would have gotten rid of that to raise $12 mil. #nhpolitics

After half-hour recess, table instigator, Rep. Michael Granger, R-Milton, asks and the House takes back off the table the budget trailer bill, they moved the question and now voting on final 10 amendments. #itsoversoon #nhpolitics

Chaos on the House floor. House votes, 198-167, to table the trailer bill (HB 2). @NHSpeaker moves to take a 15-minute recess. #nhpolitics

This big boat sprung another leak but remains seaworthy. The House of Representatives votes, 198-165, to restore $14 million in tourism spending to the House budget trailer bill (HB 2). #nhpolitics

First House budget trailer bill hiccup. House votes, 206-165, to remove cap on local school spending increases known as N.H. Property Tax Relief Act. @Osborne4NH has some GOP fans for this in the Senate so nothing's over until it's over. #nhpolitics

N.H. House rejects "better budget" amendment from @NHHouseDems, 166-204. Would have restored many House GOP cuts, paid for by raising tax on slot machine gambling on charity casino owners and by canceling EFA expansion. #nhpolitics https://t.co/Dj0BVt1xw9

Making the sausage. @NHHouseGOP put state budget coalition together by adding amendments to please potential holdouts like limit on childhood vaccines (Rep. Lisa Mazur, R-Goffstown) and legalizing brass knuckles, Firearm Freedom Act (Rep. Jim Spillane, R-Deerfield).

Big @NHHouseGOP W. The 200-175 initial vote on trailer bill (HB 2) means when all the amendment dust settles, both spending plans will head over to the Senate. Keep in mind if 1, 2 amendments squeak by. This budget has a $113 mil. balance on 6/30/27. #wiggleroom #nhpolitics

Whew! House budget (HB 1) initially passed by 4 votes, 191-184 since @KrisSchultzNH voted yes so she could move reconsideration. 15 House GOPers opposed it. If 4 others did it would have failed 188-187 and @NHSpeaker could only vote to tie it. #nhpolitics https://t.co/3YKsFEZYnK

Rep. Eileen Kelly, D-Bradford: “This budget will devastate New Hampshire by slashing essential programs that our citizens depend upon. Granite Staters deserve a better budget.” #nhpolitics

.@Osborne4NH. “This budget puts the NH taxpayers first and not the bureaucracies that have ballooned and bloated since 2020.” #nhpolitics

.@NHHouseGOP passes first (of many) hurdle on state budget, 197-178 on amendment to main budget bill (HB 1). #nhpolitics

N.H. House approves anti-sanctuary city bill (HB 511), 211-161. The same bill initially cleared the House on Feb. 6, 351-6. Rep. David Meuse, D-Portsmouth, said many Dems flipped due to what he called @potus view that "all undocumented immigrants are criminals." #nhpolitics

N.H. House gives final approval, 188-181, to its bill (HB 115) that raises Education Freedom Account eligibility from 350-to-400% federal poverty level in 2026, lifts the income cap in 2027. Don't forget, Senate has its own bill (SB 295). #nhpolitics

N.H. House passes two-year capital budget (HB 25) by voice vote after rejecting, 136-232, a move to take out $450k subsidy for North Coast Railroad, owned by Boston Sand and Gravel, that runs from Ossipee to Rollinsford. #nhpolitics