A the New Hampshire Union Leader column reports that the conservative Citizens Alliance of New Hampshire named 94 legislative champions who fulfilled its 10-point pledge. The pledge backs lower taxes, smaller government, free speech, spending caps, medical and education freedom, and the Second Amendment. The group took a notably demanding approach to its scorecard.
The lawmakers with the best grades were led by House Majority Leader Jason Osborne and Speaker Sherman Packard, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The group made clear it was not grading on a curve, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
No Democrats earned the group approval, the New Hampshire Union Leader notes.
The alliance scorecard rewarded lawmakers who backed its full slate of priorities, from lower taxes and spending caps to medical and education freedom and the Second Amendment. The group placed the GOP leadership team at the top of its list and extended its approval to no Democrats, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The alliance approach made its champions list a marker of conservative loyalty across a broad set of issues. With the GOP leadership team setting the pace and no Democrats earning approval, the scorecard underscored the partisan divide on the group priorities, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The recognition put the GOP leadership team at the top of a list defined by the alliance core conservative priorities, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. The recognition reinforced the alliance role as a demanding judge of conservative records in Concord.
Read the full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
