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3. Farm to School Improvement Act is a win-win for New Jersey
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... and agricultural viability. Contact your U.S. Senators and Congressional representatives today and ask them to support HR4710. You can find your House of Representatives member at https://writerep.house.gov/writerep ...

4. Senators seek pardon for MS victim imprisoned for using marijuana to ease pain
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Calling a Franklin (Somerset) man's five-year prison sentence for growing marijuana used to alleviate his suffering from multiple sclerosis "cruel, unusual," state Senators Raymond J. Lesniak and Nicholas ...

5. Christie panel recommends larger role for towns in determining need for affordable housing
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... reforms advancing in the Legislature, demonstrates that much needed reform is indeed on the way. The League will continue to work with Senators Lesniak, Bateman and Van Drew, Speaker Oliver and Assemblyman ...

6. Adoptees' Birthright Bill Clarifications
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... high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, etc.) Senators Vitale, Allen and Weinberg are the prime-sponsors (not co-sponsors). There are six other co-sponsoring senators. Thank you again for bringing ...

7. N.J. COAH: Senate postpones bill to abolish state's affordable housing council
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... Housing and give cities and towns more power in determining how much affordable housing they should provide. As senators gathered for a mid-afternoon voting session, word came that the proposal (S-1) ...

8. Alan Steinberg: Chris Christie will achieve three historic fiscal objectives
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... the reenactment of the Corzine tax surcharge and any appropriations in excess of those in his proposed budget. The Democratic legislative leadership will not be able to enlist any Republican Senators ...

9. COAH
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... and possibly impeached. Governor Christie walked away just in time to avoid the legal quagmire he was about to enter - in fact, he has passed the ball to the Senators, many of who are democrats and will ...

10. Christie's affordable housing panel submits recommendations; governor escapes related court action
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... development along with our affordable housing needs. I look forward to working with Senators Lesniak and Bateman and Assemblymen Green and Rible in these reform efforts." The court action was sought by ...

11. N.J. Senate to vote Monday to abolish COAH
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... argue would be a fairer, market-driven approach to ensuring towns and developers meet the need for affordable housing statewide. Senators Ray Lesniak (D-Union), Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset) ...

12. League of Women Voters of N.J. lobby senators on climate change
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The League of Women Voters of New Jersey traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge New Jersey's senators and representatives to support strong climate change legislation. LWVNJ board member, Nancy ...

13. N.J. legislators look to help foster care children remain in home school districts
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State risks losing $123 million in funding by not complying with new federal BY ERIC KILLELEA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Primarily sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, and Teresa Ruiz, ...

14. A bipartisan consensus on nuclear energy
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... Republican U.S. Senators and members of the House of Representatives are in support of this expansion of nuclear power production. At long last, in the United States Congress, we have a bipartisan consensus ...

15. N.J. Highlands' development rights bill approved by Senate
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... who have made sacrifices in order to help us protect the drinking water for more than half of the residents in our state," said Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), a co-sponsor of the measure with Senators Robert ...

16. N.J. State Senate to consider appointments, wine shipment bills
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... wineries to consumers. Senators are scheduled to vote on the appointment of Bret Schundler as education commissioner and James Simpson to as transportation commissioner. Senate President Stephen Sweeney ...

17. Local N.J. officials, environmentalists join to oppose bill they see as pro-developer
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... measure (S-82) is scheduled for a vote by the full Senate on Thursday. The Assembly version (A-437) could be voted on as early as next week. This legislation, which is sponsored by Senators Ronald Rice ...

18. Why filibusters are rare in states like N.J. and more common in U.S. Senate
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... filibusters to happen, they rarely do. Vermont, for example, is one of the few states where lawmakers cannot cut off debate under Senate rules. But that hardly matters. "There are only 30 senators," ...

19. N.J. NAACP files ethics complaint against Sens. Lesniak and Bateman
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... with the state Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards, asking for an investigation of whether Senators Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) and Christopher "Kip'' Bateman (R-Somerset) violated the code ...

20. Poll finds health care hangs over Democrats; Kean even with Menendez in 2012 Senate race
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... last year bodes well for at least one potential challenger to the state's sitting U.S. senators. In early polling of the 2012 Senate race, Republican Kean (R-Union) is in a statistical dead heat with ...