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New Hampshire Bill Moves Forward Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 4:53pm.
Dolores "Granny D" Haddock, a pioneer in the fight to get big money out of politics celebrated her 98th birthday yesterday and got a birthday present in the form of her home state of New Hampshire passing a bill in its House of Representatives to create a commission to advise the legislature on creating a Clean Elections program in the state.
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