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Here we go again. New Jersey Democrats are banking on the fact that Garden State residents would love it if the rich were forced to pay more in income taxes so they can pay less in property taxes.

Is the town where you live holding a big fireworks display on the 4th of July this year?

Two Democrats who were among a faction threatening to tie up the state budget unless a fast-moving higher education overhaul bill was delayed have backed down.

It’s all over but the shouting now and there will be plenty of shouting Monday when the full State Senate and Full General Assembly vote on the $31.7 billion Fiscal Year 2013 State Budget bill this Monday. Yesterday, the senate Budget Committee approved the budget bill and this afternoon the Assembly budget panel followed suit.

The Assembly Budget Committee has cleared a millionaires’ state income tax increase today. Every Democrat supported the measure and every Republican opposed it. The full Assembly and State Senate are expected to pass the bill Monday. Governor Chris Christie has vetoed the tax hike twice already and he promises to do it again if the legislation reaches his desk.

The Assembly Budget Committee is meeting today to consider the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion budget bill. The panel will also vote on a measure to increase the state income tax on New Jersey’s roughly 16,000 millionaires. Before the committee gets to the main events, members are considering other undercard, but still budget-related bills.

As Trenton Democrats hashed out a budget plan to deliver to Governor Christie's desk, what was the Governor doing to pass the time?  Tweeting his favorite Bruce Springsteen songs, of course.

Despite Governor Christ Christie's unwavering promise to veto a millionaires' tax increase bill for the third consecutive year, the Senate Budget Committee approved a Democrat-sponsored bill to do it yesterday.

The deadline for a signed and balanced budget is one week from tomorrow and yesterday a whole bunch of flies fell into the ointment.

Along party lines, the Senate Budget Committee has approved the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion State Budget bill paving the way for a vote in the full Upper House Monday.