Louis Greenwald, the Assembly majority leader, names the names of the Republicans who can help carry an override of the governor's veto.
By Paul Brubaker | The Backgrounder
With the last chance to override the governor's veto of gun control legislation looming, N.J. Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D-Camden) isn't afraid to name the names of the Republicans he is watching.
New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) "There are at least three members of their party (who) have already decided to override the veto," Greenwald said on the latest edition of The Backgrounder Podcast.
"Chris Brown of Atlantic County, Jack Ciattarelli (of Somerset County) who is now in a split district, and Jay Webber (of Morris County). We only need two of those three to stay the course. I can't imagine why they would change (their positions), but you never know."
Greenwald pointed out that Republicans Assembly members who flipped from their support for gun control legislation last year ended up losing their seats.
Christie has never had the full Legislature override a veto, but the state Senate for the first time last year voted to override him on the controversial gun control bill. The bill would include police in evaluating if gun permits should be given to people with a documented mental illness.
The vote is scheduled for today -- January 11, a fateful day in the life of the Majority Leader. Twenty-one years ago, his mother, Maria Barnaby Greenwald -- Cherry Hill's first female mayor and Camden County's first female freeholder -- died in a car accident.
The day also marks 20 years since Greenwald was first sworn into the Assembly, and 18 years since his oldest child was born.
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