The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/07/2000
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: April; 5 Children: Toby, Tim, Becci, Laura, Lucy
Birth date: 04/01/1943
Birthplace: Evanston, IL
Home City: Keene NH
Religion: None

Profession

Professor, Political Science, Keene State College, 1972-present Visiting Faculty, Belgorad Pedagogical Institute, 1992-1993 Social Science Coordinator, North Country School, 1971-1972 Social Studies Teacher/Coach, Northwood School, 1965-1967

Education

MS, Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts, 1985 PhD, International Studies, University of Denver, 1974 MA, University of Denver, 1970 BA, Political Science, Middlebury College, 1965

Committees

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

SB 202 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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SB 202 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 917h Authorizing the Establishment of 4 Casinos
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 593 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1560 Joining an Interstate Health Care Compact to Opt-Out of Federal Health Care Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 917h Authorizing the Establishment of 4 Casinos
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 593 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1560 Joining an Interstate Health Care Compact to Opt-Out of Federal Health Care Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 437 Repeals Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1405 Authorizes Moratoriums on Refugee Resettlements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1679 Prohibits Partial Birth/Late Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1677 Prohibits Requiring Public Employees to Join Labor Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1679 Prohibits Partial Birth/Late Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1677 Prohibits Requiring Public Employees to Join Labor Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1526 Reduces Penalties for Possession of Less than One-Half Ounce of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1654 Reduces Sentences of Prisoners Pursuing Degrees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1705 Legalizes Marijuana for Individuals Over 21 Years of Age
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1526 Reduces Penalties for Possession of Less than One-Half Ounce of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1705 Legalizes Marijuana for Individuals Over 21 Years of Age
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1654 Reduces Sentences of Prisoners Pursuing Degrees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1546 Authorizes Employers to Not Provide Contraception Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1146 Requires Students to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1546 Authorizes Employers to Not Provide Contraception Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 29 Urges Repeal of Rule Requiring Health Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1666 Limits State Contribution to Public Employee Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1383 Requires Legal US Residency to Receive In-State Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 574 Authorizes Government Acquisition of Private Property in State of Emergency
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1383 Requires Legal US Residency to Receive In-State Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 228 Prohibits the Use of Public Funds for Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 13 Prohibits New Personal Income Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 228 Prohibits the Use of Public Funds for Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 383 Prohibits the requirement that state employees pay association fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 536 Removes License Requirement to Carry a Firearm
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 628 Recording and Tracking Complaints of Abuse by Transportation Security Agents
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 536 Removes License Requirement to Carry a Firearm
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 383 Prohibits the requirement that state employees pay association fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 628 Recording and Tracking Complaints of Abuse by Transportation Security Agents
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 334 Authorizing Weapons on Public Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 217 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 334 Authorizing Weapons on Public Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 217 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 14 Constitutional Amendment Authorizing the Legislature to Set Standards for Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

CACR 14 Constitutional Amendment Authorizing the Legislature to Set Standards for Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 198 Amends Eligibility Requirements for TANF
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 196 Guidelines for Teacher Dismissal
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 196 Guidelines for Teacher Dismissal
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 78 Gas Tax Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 519 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 580 Public Employee Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 218 Repealing the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 12 Legislative Authority over Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 89 State Lawsuit against the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 330 Carrying Firearms Without a License
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 89 State Lawsuit against the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 113 Prohibits the Use of State Funds for Public Television
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 113 Prohibits the Use of State Funds for Public Television
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SSHB 1 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2408 Insurance Premium Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2390 Eliminating Tobacco Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2408 Insurance Premium Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1459 Campaign Finance Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 450 General Fund Reductions and Tax and Revenue Changes
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 500 Corrections Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

Amdt 1078 Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Reductions
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1693 Prohibiting Legislative Facilities Committee From Adopting Additional Weapons Regulations
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1335 Authorizing Localities to Reduce Interest Rates on Unpaid Property Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1653 Marijuana Decriminalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 28 Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1590 Repealing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1644 Expanding Homicide to Include "Unborn Child"
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 28 Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1590 Repealing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1128 Repealing Meal and Room Tax Distribution Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1274 Restoring Revenue Sharing for Cities and Towns
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1128 Repealing Meal and Room Tax Distribution Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1274 Restoring Revenue Sharing for Cities and Towns
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 569 Expanding Coverage Requirements for Autism Disorders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 73 Religious Choice in Performing Marriage Ceremonies
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 415 Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 556 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 531 Parental Notification for Underage Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 34 Banning Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 531 Parental Notification for Underage Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 34 Banning Text Messaging While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 644 Gasoline Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 6 Resolution Regarding States' Rights
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 644 Gasoline Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 103 Laid Off Employees Payment Time-Frame
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 103 Laid Off Employees Payment Time-Frame
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 30 Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 321 Cigarette Tax Increase and Wine Discount Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Constitutional Amendment to Define an Adequate Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 24 Impeachment Petition
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 24 Impeachment Petition
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1472 Affordable Workforce Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1472 Affordable Workforce Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1623 Marijuana Decriminalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1623 Marijuana Decriminalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 847 Speed Limitations for Vessels Operating on Water
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 267 Small Loans Interest Limitation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 223 Funeral Protest Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 42 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 802 Requiring Seatbelts in Automotive Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 744 Informed Consent Before Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 254 Mandatory Employer Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 744 Informed Consent Before Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 437 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 774 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 774 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 1 Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 1 Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 923 Dog Racing Prohibition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 923 Dog Racing Prohibition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

CACR 11 Governor Term Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 51 Adoptions by Unmarried Couples
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 678 Insurance Company Tax Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

SB 318 Use of Deadly Force
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SCR 6 Stem Cell Research Resolution
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 268 High School Dropout Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1496 Association with Labor Unions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1492 Emergency Contraceptives and Pharmacists
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Red Deer or Elk Farming and Hunting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1704 Health Care Requirements for Large Companies
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1422 Motion on Death Penalty Repeal
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1704 Health Care Requirements for Large Companies
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 621 Disclosure of Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 621 Disclosure of Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 345 Photo ID for Voting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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