Steve Sweeney

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is promising to use his red pen to line-item veto much, if not all of the spending added by Democrats in the budget and related bills which passed the full legislature Monday.

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Sometime today, tonight or early tomorrow morning the State Senate and the General Assembly are expected to pass a $31.741 billion Democrat-sponsored State Budget bill.

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

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Yesterday, Governor Chris Christie announced that New Jersey grew 17,600 jobs in May, 25% of all the jobs created in America.

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We should have a much better idea today if you can expect a tax cut this year.

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We should have a much better idea tomorrow if you can expect a tax cut this year.

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There are still three competing tax cut plans in Trenton and some sort of deal has to be worked out soon if a one of them is to be included in the State Budget.

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The constitutional deadline for a signed and balanced budget in New Jersey is midnight June 30th. Check a calendar.

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Governor Chris Christie has all but confirmed that he supports the tax cut plan being put forth by State Senate President Steve Sweeney.

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The deadline for a signed and balanced state budget in New Jersey is midnight June 30th. Suspense regarding competing tax cut plans to be factored into the budget may be lifting as today, Governor Chris Christie all but confirmed to a group of seniors at an AARP conference that he supports the tax cut plan being put forth by State Senate President Steve Sweeney.

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