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- ↑ "New Jersey, Maine Shut Down Government Amid Budget Impasses". Fox Business. July 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Christie spent night with his family in shuttered Island Beach State Park". Politico. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ "NJ shutdown: Beach closed to everyone except Chris Christie's family". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Christie Pictured at Island Beach State Park During Shutdown". NJ.com. July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ Matt Arco (July 3, 2017). "It's a done deal: Christie will end state shutdown in time for July 4, sources say". NJ.com.