Chris Christie on track to break his own record for vetoes

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TRENTON — The legislative session that wraps up in two weeks could be the least fruitful in recent memory, with the fewest bills signed into law in at least 25 years.

That’s in part because Gov. Chris Christie is on track to break his own record for vetoing bills that he set just two years ago.

"This governor has more power than any other governor in the nation, and he uses every inch of it," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester).

Since the current two-year session began in January 2012, Christie has signed 270 of the bills placed on his desk by the Democratic Legislature and taken his veto pen to 92 bills — striking down 49 outright and conditionally vetoing 43. ..........(more)

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