In New Hampshire, Rep. Jim Splaine is blogging on Blogpac-backed BlueHampshire:
About a week ago I wrote a Blog post about Iraq in BlueHampshire, and one of the readers suggested putting in a resolution so we can get the New Hampshire Legislature on record opposing the "new" policy advocated by President George W. Bush.
The process at this point requires getting permission of the House Rules Committee to introduce a resolution, since the deadline for filing legislation for this current year was December 6th. If we don't have deadlines, we can't manage workload. Already about a thousand bills are in various stages of discussion at the State House.
It is unusual that the NH House takes time to discuss national issues, but this is an important issue, and with the New Hampshire First-In-The-Nation Presidential Primary we have a voice unlike other states at affecting the focus of visiting candidates, not that the Democratic candidates, at least, don't know the importance of Iraq.
By a vote of 5-3, the House Rules Committee approved my request to be allowed to introduce a resolution. The vote was yesterday (Thursday - 2/22) and followed party lines.
