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**FILE** With Vietnam military veteran Chuck Tharp (right) listening in, Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain (second from left) and Sen. Jeff Flake (left) finish up a news conference to discuss recent reports that dozens of VA hospital patients in Arizona may have died while awaiting medical care in the Phoenix VA Health Care System, adjacent to the VA Hospital on April 18, 2014, in Phoenix. Last week's disclosures by current and former Department of Veterans Affairs employees is leading to investigations by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and the Inspector General for the VA are looking into not only the deaths, but allegations of falsified record keeping and medical reporting. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., gestures as he asks a question during a state budget hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Sarlo says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Deputy Commissioner Charles Richman, left, listens as Richard E. Constable, III, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Community Affairs answers a question about the current status of Superstorm Sandy relief funds during a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse inTrenton, N.J. Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Richard E. Constable, III, center, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Community Affairs listens as his Deputy Commissioner Charles Richman, left, answers a question about funding during a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse inTrenton, N.J. Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
