The amendment passed by a vote of 322-41, with near unanimous support from Manchester’s state representatives.
I recently wrote an opinion piece after the New Hampshire House passed a budget proposal, but before the budget had moved to the Senate. I stated I was a registered Independent and that the Republican state legislature was being controlled by the Free Staters. I spoke about how the House budget impacted the poor and the middle class in NH, and that because the House was controlled by the Free Staters, this budget was a means to their ends…dismantling of government, public education, healthcare, and more in the state of New Hampshire.
State leaders are limiting the ability to meet the differing needs of Granite Staters. By inserting sections 451 and 452 into the State Budget (HB 2), they would ban all programs tailored to people based on their age, disability status, gender, or race, among other factors. This applies to state, municipal, and school programs.
Following the recent vote in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, health care leaders from across the state gathered at the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester to discuss the impacts of funding cuts included in the House-passed budget.