The nation should look to New Jersey if it wants to see bipartisan government at work, according to Gov. Chris Christie. Such compromise is one way Christie claims he was able to balance two budgets while facing $13 billion in deficits and without raising taxes. Christie is technically correct about a part of his claim, but it needs clarification,...
The nation should look to New Jersey if it wants to see bipartisan government at work, according to Gov. Chris Christie.
Such compromise is one way Christie claims he was able to balance two budgets while facing $13 billion in deficits and without raising taxes.
Christie is technically correct about a part of his claim, but it needs clarification, PolitiFact New Jersey found.
Read our Half True ruling of Christie's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.
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