Jeanne Shaheen

Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote

2013-02-12 15:12:00

WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...

Public opinion on guns shifting after Connecticut shooting

2012-12-17 14:20:00

Public attitudes toward guns -- and the views of some prominent Washington politicians -- are changing in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre. But it’s too early to know how far the shifts may go, how long they might last...

Party time again: Michelle Obama explains the Angela Merkel state dinner for you guys without invites

2011-06-07 16:36:51

Policy pits candy against sugar

2013-05-21 16:14:00

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...

Mass. Democrats take a hard line

2013-05-17 09:14:01

Frantic Democrats want tough action in the ongoing IRS scandal, fearing the damage that a slow bleed could do to their own electoral futures as President Obama struggles to get out ahead of the issue. U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), running for...

Amendment would exempt NH from tax

2013-04-25 01:54:03

WASHINGTON, D.C ��- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., on Wednesday filed several amendments to the Internet sales tax legislation the Senate is considering. The amendments include one Sheehan filed, co-...

Kids learn about Earth Day through events at children's museum

2013-04-23 08:04:02

Earth Day was celebrated in a big way at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire on Monday, with events ranging from aquaculture to compost to bird feeders and gardening. Each year, the museum has celebrated the holiday thanks to D.F. Richard, who...

Maine, others may soon get to tax Web sales

2013-04-23 02:14:02

Momentum appears to be building in Congress to allow states to collect taxes from online retailers, closing a loophole that costs Maine tens of millions of dollars and that critics say hurts traditional stores. On Monday, a Senate bill to allow states...

Ayotte leads opposition to Internet sales tax

2013-04-23 01:34:02

President Barack Obama voiced his support for an Internet sales tax, while eBay rallied its millions of users to fight the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used a parliamentary maneuver to bypass the committee process and speed up...

Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief

2013-02-12 19:02:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...

GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions

2012-11-07 05:00:00

Republicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...

Republicans score key gubernatorial win in North Carolina

2012-11-06 18:21:00

Republicans picked up a key seat in North Carolina, flipping a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, according to CNN projections. Eleven states are holding gubernatorial races Tuesday, in which Democrats are defending eights seats;...

WASHINGTON, DC 12/04/12 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at a press conference after the Senate voted to pass the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, as Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-CT), Sen. Ben Cardin, (D-MD), Sen. Roger Wicker, (R-MS), and Sen.

2012-12-13 00:00:00

Jane and Sidney Harman talk to New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen at a political fund-raiser.

2011-04-13 09:17:06