Fat Jesus Overruled by New Jersey Senate

Posted on May 29, 2011 at 9:33 am by Bob Cesca

I doubt he’ll sign the legislation, but the New Jersey state senate voted to restore family planning funding that Chris Christie cut from the budget.

The state Senate has passed a bill to restore $7.45 million in funding for family planning centers that Gov. Chris Christie cut last year. [...]

In addition to restoring the $7.45 million, the legislation that passed today would require the state to earmark $1 million of its Medicaid funds to get a federal match of $9 million for family planning services for women with incomes of up to twice the poverty level.

Score one against the Republican war against women.

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  • muselet

    Bob, could you provide the link? (I know, I’m very demanding.) I’d like to see if the original article says how the vote broke down by party (my money says straight party-line).

    Regardless, this is an interesting development.

    -alopecia

    EDITED TO ADD: Hmm. There were 26 votes in favor of restoring family-planning funds, but there are 24 Ds in the state Senate. Very interesting.