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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Mr. Palau who wrote (744568)	7/5/2006 5:50:48 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) of 769669

demoRATS in power play: Democratic legislators, who hold a majority in both houses of the Legislature, were meeting privately today, but no meeting of the Budget Committee had been scheduled. The Speaker of the General Assembly, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., was seen entering the governor's office about midafternoon, indicating that some discussions were continuing despite seemingly frozen positions. Mr. Roberts, a former aide to Mr. Florio, said earlier that Mr. Corzine's plan to increase the sales tax was "dead" in the General Assembly. Mr. Roberts was an assemblyman in 1991 when the Democrats lost their majority as a result of the Florio tax increase. The budget deadlock continued despite an unusual holiday session of the Legislature on Independence Day. Meanwhile, Atlantic City's 12 casinos, which generate millions in revenue for the state, shut down gambling operations for lack of state officials to monitor operations. The state's 42 parks also closed

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