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Daisy Tseng

Hsiang-Ching Tseng is a graduate journalism student at Boston University. She is from Taiwan, where she received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from National Taiwan University. In Washington, she interns at the Washington Business Journal and reports for the New Hampshire Union Leader. She has previously worked as an intern reporter at GateHouse Media in Massachusetts, covering Allston-Brighton, West Roxbury, and Roslindale neighborhoods.

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Veterans History Project collects war stories

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced Monday her office is participating in the Veterans History Project in conjunction with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, encouraging veterans to tell their stories for future generations.

Senate passes unemployment benefits extension

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 – The Senate voted 98-0 Wednesday to approve an economic relief bill that would extend unemployment benefits, expand tax credits for homebuyers and offer tax breaks to businesses hit by the recession. Both Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., supported the bill.

Stimulus bill vote expected this week

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 – After weeks of advocacy by Democratic senators, the Senate is expected to vote Thursday on an economic relief bill that would extend unemployment benefits, expand tax credits for home buyers and offer tax breaks to businesses struck by the recession.

In third quarter Ayotte raised more money than Hodes   

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 – Republican Kelly Ayotte, a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, raised more money in the third quarter of this year than Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., her Democratic opponent. According to candidate campaign finance filings with the Federal Election Commission, Ayotte raised $613,111 for the three months that ended Sept. 30 and Hodes raised $582,046.

Sen.Shaheen urges Senate to extend unemployment benefits

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 – Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., urged Republican senators Tuesday at a press conference to “do the right thing” and support the bill that would extend unemployment benefits in all 50 states.

Shaheen doesn't say if she would support bill without public option

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., a strong supporter of the so-called public option alternative in health care legislation, said Tuesday she wasn’t ready to commit to voting for a Senate bill that did not include the option.

New Hampshire Sergeant named  USO volunteer of the year

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 – When Army Sgt. Timothy Donovan, who grew up in Sandown, N.H., heard he would be named the volunteer of the year by United Service Organizations (USO), he said he felt excited and happy. But his mother, Lynne Mecka, was even more thrilled.

Gregg participates in White House meeting on Afghnaistan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 —President Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday he was going to make a decision promptly on whether to increase the troop level in Afghanistan. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., who participated in the meeting at the White House with leaders of both parties in the House and Senate, said in a phone interview that though no conclusions were reached, he felt positive about the meeting’s importance.

Gregg opposes public option but says it will be in final health bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 —The Senate Finance Committee may have rejected a government-run health insurance plan, but Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said Wednesday he thinks the plan, the so-called public option, will be in the final bill that emerges from Congress.

N.H. authors draw large crowds at National Book Festival

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 – Tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Saturday for a chance to meet their favorite authors, including four from New Hampshire—Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, John Irving and Jodi Picoult.

Dartmouth Techonology Center gets $4 million stimulus grant

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 – A $4 million federal stimulus money grant will allow the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center in Lebanon to almost double the size of its facility. The center, a private nonprofit formed in 2004 to help start-up businesses by providing office and manufacturing space and support programs, has 32,500 square feet of space. The expansion will add 28,000 square feet, according to Gregg Fairbrothers, executive director of Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network, which works with the center.

Ayotte raising funds in Washington for U.S. Senate race

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 – Kelly Ayotte was in Washington Tuesday raising money for her run for the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. The National Republican Senatorial Committee hosted a $500-a-person reception Tuesday night at its headquarters near the Capitol with special guests Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the committee.

Gregg says he is disappointed by House student loan reform bill

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 —Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged the House Tuesday to pass the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, saying that it could help millions of college students at no new cost to taxpayers.

Listen to the people, protesters tell Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 – Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington Saturday expressing their dissatisfaction with government spending and what they called the intrusion of big government in their lives.