Women's Equality Day was used to announce NJ Democrats' intention to overturn Governor Christie's veto of $7.5 million in family funding for New Jersey Citizens.
The vote will take place in the Senate on September 20, 2010. If the override vote in the Senate passes, the Assembly will vote on Sept. 30.
Two-thirds of the lawmakers in both houses are needed to override the veto. For the Senate, will we need 27 votes and in the Assembly we will need 54. When the bill originally passed the house on June 30, 30 out of 40 Senators voted in favor of the bill, enough to support a veto override. Republican leadership however is stating that they will not vote to override the veto of a Governor from their own party.
Now is the time to put pressure on our legislature. We have until September 20, 2010 ensure that women in NJ maintain access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/WHM_PPANJ_overridetheveto
Not sure why this bill is important? Check out my past blog post:
http://reproductivejusticenj.blogspot.com/2010/07/family-planning-bill-denies-nj-citizens.html
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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