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requirements. Representative Tom Graves, Republican of Georgia and chairman of the subcommittee, said the panel had produced 'a very conservative bill that aligns closely with President Trump's budget.' He said the bill would hold the budget of the I.R.S. 'below the 2008 level' while providing money to improve its customer service and cybersecurity." http://nyti.ms/2sBOKBh
NEW JERSEY HAS A BUDGET DEAL -- BACK TO THE BEACH! -- "Christie,
lawmakers reach deal to end 3-day shutdown," by Ryan Hutchins and Katie Jennings in Trenton: "Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers reached a deal late Monday to end New Jersey's first state government shutdown in more than a decade, settling a bitter feud over an unrelated bill that had left the Statehouse in disarray for two weeks. An agreement was struck just before 10 p.m. after top lawmakers spent much of the day scurrying from one closed-door meeting to another, haggling over the details of a bill that would reshape the state's largest health insurance company, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
"The Republican governor had demanded such a bill in exchange for signing off on some $325 million in Democratic priorities included in the proposed $34.7 billion state budget. Democratic leaders of the state Legislature said the governor had stayed in touch all day and agreed to the terms. ... The state Department of Environmental Protection quickly said all state parks and beaches would be open Tuesday morning for the Independence Day holiday." http://politi.co/2ukK2Fd
-- BOB COSTA on Chris Christie: "Chris Christie flew close to the sun. Now, he sits under it, defiantly" http://wapo.st/2tcXV9U
COVER OF THE STAR LEDGER: "IT'S A DEAL: Christie OKs compromise, reopens parks, beaches" http://bit.ly/2sChI3U
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WHAT AMERICA IS READING -- THE COUNTRY'S FRONT PAGES: ARIZONA REPUBLIC: "Reagan now says she won't give data to vote-fraud panel ... THE PRICE OF HEAT: A new study suggests climate change will cost Arizona money -- and lives"
http://bit.ly/2sBCEIg ... HARTFORD COURANT: "State Balks At Giving Any Voter Information: Merrill Responds To Public Worries" http://bit.ly/2td2ReW ... MIAMI HERALD: "Are those firecrackers? Or is America falling apart on July 4?" http://bit.ly/2tF3hLU ...
... INDIANAPOLIS STAR: "Health care debate brings challenge: Democrats enter race against Hollingsworth in 9th District" http://bit.ly/2sIowrJ ... DES MOINES REGISTER: "IN DES MOINES, NEW CITIZENS WELCOMED" http://bit.ly/2sCehKj ... CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: "Seasonal worker visa cuts hurt N.C. businesses" http://bit.ly/2ulAWYE ... DAYTON DAILY NEWS: "'Come together' ... Are we united? For some, political divisions taint the patriotic mood" http://bit.ly/2uGhBR8
GREAT LEAD -- ADAM NAGOURNEY and MIKE SHEAR on A13 of the NYT, with a Los Angeles dateline -- "Call From California: President Trump, Where Are You?": "Was it something we said? In the six months since President Trump took office, he has visited Iowa. Ohio. Florida. New York. South Carolina. Wisconsin. Georgia. Pennsylvania. Virginia. Michigan. Tennessee. Even New Jersey.
"But the 39 million residents of the country's most populous state have yet to receive a visit - a break in presidential travel history that dates back decades. Perhaps Mr. Trump is in no rush to visit the state that has emerged as the center of the resistance to his presidency. He lost California by more than four million votes in November. The state is the biggest Democratic stronghold in the nation, and its leaders have been challenging Mr. Trump and his policies at every turn. Mr. Trump even described California as 'out of control.'
"Or maybe it's the president's apparent aversion to long trips. Despite having the luxury of traveling on Air Force One -- no taking off your shoes for a security line -- Mr. Trump has stayed close to the East Coast since he took office, crossing the Mississippi River only once, briefly, for an Iowa rally last month. And it can't be for a lack of a place to lay his head. The Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles promises to be the 'pinnacle of the luxury golf experience,' good enough, presumably, for a president. (Except for his foreign trip in May, Mr. Trump has slept only at the White House, Camp David or a Trump property since becoming president.)" http://nyti.ms/2sCtVpj
PENTAGON REPORT -- "AP Exclusive: US nuclear inspection results now concealed," by Robert Burns: "The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the
military with a history of periodic inspection failures and bouts of low morale. Overall