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Updated 3:25pm: Sen. Weinberg says via email the legislature is meeting Thursday - to discuss the agreement the legislative leaders made with the governor.
Updated 2:56pm: Here's what we're hearing now: Deal reached. Sweeney and Gov. to have press conference at 3:30 p.m. Today
Updated 2:09: From State House Steps tweet: "Because Speaker Oliver is not on board with plan, press conference has been moved to 2:30 pm at the earliest."
Despite rumblings coming out of Trenton by tweet, by hurried phone call and most definitely by rumor, we're unsure that all the players are on the same page right now.
We hear there's a press conference at 2pm, 8 minutes from when I'm writing this, in Gov. Christie's office announcing a deal reached on whether we'll have a statewide property tax cap, and if so at what level and how structured. But we're also getting messages every few minutes from the spokesman for the Assembly Democratic majority office distancing Speaker Sheila Oliver and the Assembly from such a deal.
Spokesman Tom Hester's latest message:
The Speaker has not been part of any closed door deal. As the Speaker has said repeatedly, we will thoroughly vet any proposal. The Assembly Budget Committee will meet on Wednesday to consider proposed legislation that represents the Assembly plan. |
