The Speaker of the NH House manages 400 legislators in a process that is not dissimilar to conducting an orchestra. But what else is involved in the job, a job which has many parallels to the counterpart Washington?

Steve Shurtleff, a state rep from Merrimack and former Speaker of the House, provides us a front row seat to that august body; and talks about the challenges of managing 400 representatives at each legislative session, as well as showing us what goes on behind the curtain.

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