. . UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM : UNITED STATES: STATES: NEW JERSEY: Sweeney Threatens Government Shutdown over Pensions . . Sweeney Threatens Government Shutdown over Pensions By Jonathan Lai and Andrew Seidman, Posted: January 30, 2014 Philadelphia Inquirer Philly.comhttp://articles.philly.com/2014-01-30/news/ 46833154_1_pension-payment-pension-system-government-shutdown
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/k67uo7e . .TRENTON State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D., Gloucester) said Wednesday that he would shut down the government if Gov. Christie does not publicly commit to fulfilling the state's pension obligations in this year's budget.
."If I have to shut the government down, I will," Sweeney, the top elected Democrat in state government, said in an interview with The Inquirer. "When the governor hands us a budget, it has to have that pension payment in it."
.Christie is to present his annual budget in February. If the pension payment is not included, Sweeney added, "we will not do even budget committee hearings."
.The state constitution mandates that lawmakers produce a balanced budget. If they do not pass one by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the government could close, though many previous budget delays have not actually forced a shutdown.
.The only government shutdown in state history occurred in 2006, when Gov. Jon S. Corzine and the Legislature reached an impasse over his proposed increase in the sales tax.
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