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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com February 13, 2012 10:35:00 AM ET
N.J. Senate to Vote on Marriage Equality Bill
By Julie Bolcer
NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSE (SCOTT MCPHERSON) | ADVOCATE.COM
The New Jersey state senate is expected to make history Monday when it
passes the marriage equality bill for the first time, but a promised veto
from Governor Chris Christie means that advocates could be waiting a long
time to see the bill become law.
The senate will debate the bill and vote this afternoon, followed by an
assembly vote this Thursday. Two years ago, the bill failed the senate in a
20-14 vote, but leaders of both chambers have made the legislation their top
priority this year and expressed confidence it will pass.
Governor Christie has vowed to veto the bill, and wants lawmakers to send
the issue to voters for a referendum this November. Although polls show that
a majority of voters support same-sex marriage, the Democratic-controlled
legislature has vowed not to put a civil right to a public vote. That leaves
the legislature with the option of overriding the governor’s promised veto
, but it appears uncertain whether leaders can garner enough support from
Republicans to override the veto in the near future.
Consequently, according to the Star-Ledger, marriage equality advocates plan
to celebrate the anticipated victories this week and settle in for the long
haul. The current legislative session ends in January 2014.
“Public opinion could shift further in favor of gay marriage, which polls
show New Jersey voters support by a growing margin,” reports the Star-
Ledger. “Or, they say, Christie, already a prospect to join Mitt Romney’s
ticket if he wins the GOP presidential nomination, could leave New Jersey
politics and free GOP lawmakers afraid to cross him.”
Debate is scheduled to begin in the New Jersey senate shortly after noon.
Listen to the proceedings live here. | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 2 The Senate passed the bill 24-16. Two Republican senators, Jennifer Beck and
Diane Allen, joined 22 Democrats in voting for the bill. The tally still
leaves the senate three votes short of the 27 needed to reach the veto
override threshold.
Two years ago, the bill failed the Senate in a 20-14 vote.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/13/NJ_Senate_to | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 3 WOW!!!
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: The Senate passed the bill 24-16. Two Republican senators, Jennifer Beck and
: Diane Allen, joined 22 Democrats in voting for the bill. The tally still
: leaves the senate three votes short of the 27 needed to reach the veto
: override threshold.
: Two years ago, the bill failed the Senate in a 20-14 vote.
: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/02/13/NJ_Senate_to
| g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 4 three votes short of the 27 needed to reach the veto
override threshold.
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: WOW!!!
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: and
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 毕竟24-16也是个巨大的胜利，能不能override veto则是另一个话题
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: three votes short of the 27 needed to reach the veto
: override threshold.
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | | g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 7 我猜下一步就是HOUSE也通过，州长VETO，SENATE和HOUSE再投，再多搞几票OVERRIDE州
长的VETO也不是没有可能。
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 下一步可能是啥？
: 很好奇．
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发帖数: 24887 | 8 That would then be a lot of drama.
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: 我猜下一步就是HOUSE也通过，州长VETO，SENATE和HOUSE再投，再多搞几票OVERRIDE州
: 长的VETO也不是没有可能。
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