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The powerful Assembly Budget Committee has authorized subpoena power today to force State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff to testify before the panel. The Treasurer has repeatedly failed to appear at the Assembly Budget Committee’s request.

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The State Treasurer has refused to testify before the Assembly Budget Committee four times in the recent past. The panel’s chairman is fed up and tomorrow, his committee will consider legislation granting the panel subpoena power to force the Treasurer to testify.

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Assembly Budget Committee chairman, Vinnie Prieto invited State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff to testify before his committee today to let the members get a clue about the expected impact of the Federal Super-Storm Sandy Relief Package. Sidamon-Eristoff was a no-show and because this isn’t the first time he’s snubbed Prieto and the panel, the chairman thinks it’s time his committee had subpoena power.

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Sources tell Townsquare Media news that a faction of Democrats in the Assembly are still waging a bitter internal battle over what the final state budget bill should include or not include.

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Barring employers and colleges from requiring people to turn over their social media user names and passwords, authorizing Internet gaming in New Jersey, banning unsolicited text messaging ads and promoting green jobs top tomorrow’s Assembly committee agendas.

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Early revenue numbers suggest that New Jersey’s business and income tax collections are lagging behind estimates. The final tally from income tax revenue is pending, but the chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee is already on the offensive attacking what Governor Chris Christie calls the ‘New Jersey Comeback.’

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Budget season is ramping up in New Jersey. For the past decade Lou Greenwald has been chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, but there's a new sheriff in town and his name is Vinnie Prieto.

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Tomorrow was supposed to be Vinnie Prieto’s first hearing as Assembly Budget Committee chairman. He wanted two of Governor Chris Christie’s cabinet chiefs to update the panel on the Administration’s Medicaid revision plan which is supposed to save $300 million in the current budget. Both cabinet chief wrote a letter in response to Prieto’s invitation. They essentially said, “Thanks, but no thanks.”

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Legislation signed into law by Governor Chris Christie requires gas stations to clearly display whether they charge different cash and credit prices.

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