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ROBERTS DIRECTS BUDGET COMMITTEE BACK TO WORK
(TRENTON) -- Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. today issued the following statement after Governor Corzine initiated a state government shutdown:
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July 1, 2006
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ROBERTS DIRECTS BUDGET COMMITTEE BACK TO WORK
(TRENTON) -- Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. today issued the following statement after Governor Corzine initiated a state government shutdown:
"In light of the Governor's shutdown action, I am directing the Assembly Budget Committee back to the State House, effective 10 a.m. tomorrow, to caucus for the purpose of crafting a budget designed to win Assembly passage and be presented to the Governor.
"Committee members should expect to work Sunday through Monday so we can bring a satisfactory end to this crisis."
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