We have important news about an unethical and underhanded abuse of power last week: Republicans in the House played games with the floor calendar and closed one session early last week to make sure that no Democratic bills receive a hearing this session—effectively killing almost every bill put forward by a House Democrat in 2026.

House Minority Leader Alexis Simpson reports:

“Republicans’ first act this morning was to block debate on all 180 bills scheduled for today,” Simpson said. “Republicans know the public overwhelmingly opposes their extreme agenda, as yesterday’s special election result in Carroll County made clear with Bobbi Boudman’s decisive win. Rather than change course, they are taking increasingly extreme steps to ram their agenda through with as little scrutiny, public debate and sunlight as possible.”

House Representative Heath Howard boils it down here.

Read the full breakdown in InDepthNH here.