New Hampshire delegation: Revised travel ban about politics

New Hampshire’s Democratic congressional delegation said Monday that changes to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban still left them feeling as if it was more about politics than security. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said she supported improving the vetting process but didn’t believe the revised ban would achieve that.

Shaheen, Hassan visiting Planned Parenthood in Exeter

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan are visiting the Planned Parenthood clinic in town Monday morning to discuss their efforts in Congress to stop Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, according to Shaheen’s office. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said a provision cutting Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding will be included in the budget reconciliation legislation repealing Obamacare.

Republicans to target unions, expand school choice in states

In this Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks before the arrival of President-elect Donald Trump during the first stop of Trump’s post-election tour in Cincinnati. With Republicans strengthening their grip on power in the November elections, Bevin said Republicans will pursue numerous “things that have been bottled up for years and need to at least have votes on them,” citing school choice measures and “reform” proposals for pension, tax and litigation laws, among others.