Turning Out Young Voters
Our New Voters Project helped to register and mobilize young voters before the 2008 presidential primary. Youth voter turnout surged by 25 percent in New Hampshire, with 53,000 more young voters at the polls than in 2004. In the months before the primary, NHPIRG volunteers asked candidates to outline their plans on key issues for young voters, such as global warming, college affordability and financial security.

Keeping Our Families Safe From Dangerous Products
Manufacturers that violate product safety laws will face stiff fines and penalties, and hazardous products will be removed from store shelves more quickly, under a landmark law we promoted in Congress in 2008. Our members and staff helped overcome the last-minute opposition of Exxon-Mobil.

Paving The Way For 21st Century Transportation
Passenger rail travel will improve, and America will begin investing in a new generation of high-speed rail thanks to a NHPIRG-backed law that authorizes $13 billion in spending over the next five years, a small step in a shift toward public transit and away from wasteful new highway projects.

Shutting Down Predatory Lenders
Predatory lenders target vulnerable borrowers and can charge interest rates as high as 300 percent on short-term loans. NHPIRG has defeated efforts by rent-to-own stores to legalize their predatory practices nationally and has worked to restrict payday loans in New Hampshire.

Holding Elected Officials To Higher Ethical Standards
A new, independent office will police ethical scandals in Congress, under a plan endorsed by NHPIRG. Our staff helped make the case for the new Office of Congressional Ethics.

Closing Contractor Loopholes
When private contractors, including Halliburton spin-off Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), tried to avoid paying taxes by setting up foreign subsidiaries, NHPIRG backed a new law to close that loophole and another law requiring contractors to pay back taxes before being awarded new contracts.

Standing Up For Taxpayers And Homeowners
When Congress rushed to pass the $700 billion bailout for Wall Street banks, our staff warned that the hastily conceived law lacked basic protections for taxpayers and assistance to homeowners. Later we worked to hold bankers and regulators accountable for fully disclosing how they spent the tax dollars they received.

Holding Drugmakers Accountable For Safety
The FDA reform bill adopted by Congress in 2007 included several NHPIRG-backed provisions that force drug companies to post all clinical trial results, good and bad—an antidote to such notorious cases as Vioxx, Paxil and Avandia.