March 9, 2009 - 1:31pm
News

Judiciary panel approves Fox

The Senate Judiciary Committee, voting along party lines, voted 7-4 to approve the nomination of Jeanne Fox for another term on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.  The nomination will now head to the full Senate for a vote. The Senate is scheduled for a session next Monday.

A motion by State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Red Bank) to postpone a vote by the panel was also defeated 7-4.

State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) said that BPU Commissioner Elizabeth Randall and former BPU Commissioner Carol Murphy, both Republicans, were present at the hearing and were in support of Fox's nomination.

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