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Friday, October 05, 2012
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Before Romney Fired Big Bird, NH House Speaker Bill O'Brien Tried to Banish Him
Extreme NH House Leadership voted to abolish funding for public television 
CONCORD, NH – More than a year before GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney publicly vowed to fire Big Bird and his friendly Sesame Street crew, the New Hampshire House voted to abolish state funding for public television in New Hampshire.
On February 15, 2011 the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to pass HB 113, prohibiting the use of state funds for New Hampshire public television, by a margin of 263-102.1 The State Senate later tabled the bill.
Click here to see which legislators voted to abolish state funding for Big Bird, who appears on NHPTV six days a week.2 For more legislator vote records, visit the GSP State House Report Card of more than 200 roll call votes organized by issue and legislator.
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1 HB113, Roll Call #14, 2/15/2011; 2 NHPTV, http://www.nhptv.org/schedule/gridViewer.aspx
