The proposals will be debated at committee hearings around the state before the legislators return to Trenton in May.

Can the legislators return to their constituencies and expect a pat on the back?

He declined to authorize the state police to compel the legislators to return.

Because of the public relations danger involved, few officials believed it likely that the legislators would return just to act on the stipends.

Jeremy J. Stone, director of the federation, says most legislators return from such a visit with their attitudes changed.

But the legislators will almost certainly return to the issue next year.

The newspaper said the weapons would be submitted as a $1 billion package when legislators return from their summer recess Sept. 9.

Affected legislators must return any State pay received for time while in jail or prison.

His comment that legislators will return home and greet their constituents, "who are waiting to support them," is ludicrous and offensive.

The trick then was to get it up and running before the legislators returned the following January with their axes sharpened.