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Liberal group goes after ‘Christie-crats’
A newly formed group of progressive Democrats wants to oust Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver from their leadership posts.
NJ-CAN, dubbing as “Christie-crats” the 22 Democrats who voted for the changes to public workers’ pensions and health benefits enacted in June, launched a petition drive Monday demanding the Legislature’s Democratic leaders be removed before the post-election lame-duck session.
Its members oppose the benefits law and questioned why Sweeney and Oliver couldn’t extract concessions from Gov. Chris Christie on the state budget in exchange. (Staff, Gannett)