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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.

At his first public event since the Democrats in the Senate and Assembly sent him a state budget that doesn't guarantee a tax cut until January, Governor Christie had some harsh words for some lawmakers during a town hall in Brick Township.

The fact that Governor Chris Christie is going to veto the millionaires' tax increase bill that passed the full Assembly yesterday is maybe the worst kept secret since the recipe for ice cubes.

The full State legislature has approved the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion State Budget. The State Senate and Assembly passed it yesterday.

The full Assembly today has approved a bill to increase the incomes taxes paid by New Jersey’s roughly 16,000 millionaires. The State Senate will vote on the measure Thursday. Governor Chris Christie vetoed the bill in each of th4e last two years and promises to do it again this year.

The State Senate has already passed the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion State Budget bill. The Assembly is scheduled to vote on the measure today as well. Heading into the Assembly vote, Democrats have exactly the 41 votes needed for passage, but one of the ‘yes’ votes isn‘t in Trenton yet.

The full Senate has approved a bill today sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senate Health Committee Chairman Joe Vitale  to restore funding for health services for low and middle income women that had been eliminated by Governor Chris Christie the last two years. It's expected Christie will line-item veto the measure this year too.

The full State Senate has approved the Democrat-sponsored $31.741 billion State Budget today.

With the June 30th deadline looming to have a new state budget in place, Governor Christie is making one final push to pressure Legislators to approve a tax cut plan.

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.