Representative Annie Kuster ’78 will not seek reelection By Vidushi Sharma Representative Annie Kuster ’78 announced on Wednesday that she would not seek reelection to Congress in November. Since 2013, Kuster has represented New Hampshire’s second Congressional district, which includes Grafton and Sullivan counties.  In an interview with The Dartmouth, Kuster said she wants to… Read more »

Concord Monitor: Kuster not seeking re-election this year By Paul Steinhauser After six terms in Congress, Democrat Annie Kuster says she won’t seek re-election to the House of Representatives this year. “I always said I wouldn’t be there forever and most of my colleagues don’t realize this,” the Hopkinton lawmaker Wednesday. “I’d be 70 in office. I want to get out on the… Read more »

Three years after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, new footage obtained by Punchbowl News shows just how close rioters came that day to encountering a group of House Democrats on the third floor of the U.S. Capitol. One of those Democrats, Rep. Annie Kuster (N.H.), told us the tape is relevant in 2024 because “people need to understand the threat that Donald Trump poses to our… Read more »

Three years ago this week, our democracy almost failed.  Since the attempted insurrection, the Congressional Committee on January 6th and courtrooms across America have produced thousands of pages of testimony, countless depositions, and miles of video and security footage detailing the events of that day.  But, I have a story that has never been told about how close our… Read more »

Inside Health Policy: Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Would Extend SUD Care To Incarcerated By Dorothy Mills-Gregg Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Don Bacon (R-NE) unveiled a bill Thursday (Dec. 7) that would let Medicaid pay for behavioral health treatment in criminal justice settings, reforming the so-called Medicaid Inmate Exclusion policy in a way that advocates say would lower the risk… Read more »

One of the most basic duties of Congress is to fund the government and keep it open, serving the American people. That's why the House is dubbed as having the "power of the purse." Unfortunately, this most basic responsibility seems to be too much for Speaker Kevin McCarthy to manage. His unwillingness to negotiate in good faith with Democrats, as he promised to do earlier this year, is… Read more »

OUR STATE and economy are in a very different position than a year ago. This time last year, inflation was at one of the highest rates in decades, squeezing families at the grocery store and the gas pump. Energy prices skyrocketed as Russia waged war against Ukraine and threatened international supply chains. Small businesses couldn’t find the employees they needed. In the… Read more »

Union Leader: Federal officials announce over $700K in funds for rural fire departments in NH Members of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation announced this week that more than $700,000 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program funding is headed to fire departments in four rural communities. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations… Read more »

Newsweek: One Year After Dobbs, Women and Families Are Bearing the Consequences By New Democrat Coalition Chair, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02)  In the year since the Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade, ending a woman's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, we have seen the devastating physical, mental, and economic impact the decision has… Read more »

AP: How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastrophe   Washington (AP) — It was advice that Mitch McConnell had offered to Joe Biden once already: To resolve the debt limit standoff, he needed to strike a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — and McCarthy alone. But after the first meeting of the top four congressional leaders with the… Read more »