New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly passed a $54.3 billion budget boosting spending 7% over last year and exceeding fellow Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's proposal by $1 billion - hours ahead of a constitutional deadline and amid howls of protest from...
‘s proposal by $1 billion - hours ahead of a constitutional deadline and amid howls of protest from Republicans about a lack of transparency.
It’s also, they say, a departure from the previous GOP administration under Chris Christie - currently a presidential candidate - who saw credit-rating downgrades and whose final state budget was nearly $20 billion under the measure passed Friday. “Fifty-four billion dollars? Really?” asked Republican Assembly member Christopher DePhillips. No family in the state has increased its spending as sharply as the state has over the last six years, he added.
Exactly what the increased $1 billion in spending over the governor’s proposed budget entailed wasn’t immediately clear: GOP lawmakers critically cited millions for a marina in Woodbridge and thousands of added dollars for a Little League.
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