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Poll: NH Candidates Need Your Support!

Your response in donations to help long-time Council supporter Sen. Frank Lautenberg was overwhelming. Now, a recent New Hampshire poll indicates that two more candidates need your help.

The recent poll shows Senate Candidate Jeanne Shaheen leading current Sen. John Sununu 52% to 40%, but the GOP candidate has raised much more money.

The same poll shows a progressive incumbent - Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) - trailing her likely Republican opponent by 6 points.

New Hampshire is a critical state for presidential campaigns, and it is proving itself equally critical in 2008 Congressional races.

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May 12, 2008 National Security Legislative Calendar

Postponement is the name of the game. The House had planned to consider the Supplemental Appropriations Bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but postponed consideration until this week. The Senate Appropriations Committee was scheduled to consider the same bill last week, but delayed the mark-up to a new tentative date of May 15. The Senate had tentatively planned to consider the Fiscal Year Defense Authorization bill before the Memorial Day recess, but that consideration has apparently been put off until June. » More

May 7, 2008 Select 2008 Senate Race Ratings

Political analysts from each of our four major sources agree that these races are long-shots for the Democratic candidates. But if American politics teach us anything, no race is ever a guarantee. » More

Apr 24, 2008 Council for a Livable World Urges Congress to Use Supplemental Appropriations Bill to End Iraq War

Council for a Livable World today called on Congress to use the Bush administration's pending supplemental war funding request to bring U.S. troops home. » More

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