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SANDY OVERRIDE BY THE NUMBERS

Below is a numerical breakdown of Legislative Republicans latest flip-flop, this one on the “Sandy Bill of Rights.”

29 –Assembly Republicans who voted for the bill in March

11 – Senate Republicans who voted for the bill in March

5 – Lawyers in the Senate Republican caucus…none of whom apparently had any objection with this “illegal” bill back in March

3 – Times on the floor Senator Beck thanked the Senate President and/or his staff for working with her on the “Bill of Rights” before she voted yes on the bill

1 – Number of bills Assembly Minority Leader Bramnick voted for that he later said were “clearly in violation of federal law”

0 – Objections raised over the legality of the “Bill of Rights” by Assembly Minority Leader Bramnick – an attorney by the way – before he voted yes on the bill

0 – Objections raised by Assemblyman O’Scanlon before he voted yes on the bill