authority and christie appointee. meanwhile, the governor is forging ahead with an ambitious public schedule, including a weekend of fund-raising a week before his second-term inauguration. it is a done deal in congress and president obama could sign a measure funding the government through the end of september as early as today. the senate gave the final legislative sign-off on the $1.1 trillion spending bill following the lead of the house, which showed an overwhelming bipartisan support for the bill. the bill s passage eliminates the threat of another government shutdown any time soon. this is the first time in years that congress has managed to pass an actual, real, long-term budget. meantime, republicans and democrats are battling over the extension of those long-term unemployment benefits to more than a million americans. republicans say any extension must be tied to spending cuts elsewhere. senate majority leader harry reid said that the legislative fight has turned personal
he has an enormous amount of respect, democrat and republican. next on weinberg s list, regina egea, christie s brand new chief of staff. we know at the very least, egea was aware officials were angry about the traffic jam. regina egea, who has been selected to be the chief of staff, she s forwarded that memo as well. next, william pat schuber, another christie appointee and former jersey politician. he was sent a letter with governor cc, inquiring about the closure on september 19th. weinberg said he vows to investigate, then nothing. if the last round of subpoenas produced time for traffic problems, they are the children just imagine what
people we re entrusted to serve. i know our citizens deserve better, much better. and i m the governor. and i m ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch both good and bad. and without a doubt, we will cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. meantime, shortly before he spoke the wall street journal ran this photo. take a look. casting doubt on the governor s claim last week about david wildstein, the christie appointee who ordered those toll lanes closed on the bridge. he said, quote, i ve had no contact with david wildstein in a long time a long time well before the election this. picture of the two men was taken at a 9/11 event and it happened right in the middle of a four-day traffic jam.
and as a result, we let down the people we re entrusted to serve. i know our citizens deserve better, much better. and i m the governor. and i m ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch both good and bad. and without a doubt, we will cooperate with all appropriate inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. meantime, shortly before he spoke the wall street journal ran this photo. take a look. casting doubt on the governor s claim last week about david wildstein, the christie appointee who ordered those toll lane closed on the bridge. he said quote i ve had no contact with david wildstein in a long time a long time well before the election this. picture of the two men was taken at a 9/11 event in manhattan right in the middle of the four-day traffic jam. the christie spokesman saying the governor had appointments with many that morning, all there to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11.
inquiries to ensure that this breach of trust does not happen again. meantime, shortly before he spoke the wall street journal ran this photo. take a look. casting doubt on the governor s claim last week about david wildstein, the christie appointee who ordered those toll lane closed on the bridge. he said quote i ve had no contact with david wildstein in a long time a long time well before the election this. picture of the two men was taken at a 9/11 event in manhattan right in the middle of the four-day traffic jam. the christie spokesman saying the governor had appointments with many that morning, all there to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11. from trenton chief cnn correspondent how do christie people feel this went? they feel like it went pretty well. initially they did not want the governor to talk about this issue in the state-of-the-state address. but it became clear that he had