UpdatedFri, Feb 5, 2021 at 2:10 pm ET Replies(102) Governor Murphy Press Conference (Thomas P. Costello/Gannett) NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy has vetoed two bills – one of which would have extended unemployment insurance payments while Congress was debating a stimulus bill – while signing 14 more into law. Murphy vetoed a bill on Thursday evening that would have extended unemployment insurance payments by eight weeks and continue job-sharing furlough programs, saying the bill overlaps with actions taken recently by Congress. But he also questioned the legislation's legality. The veto also comes as state officials announced on Friday that a number of New Jersey residents have experienced a lapse in benefits because the Trump administration let programs expire. Robert Asaro-Angelo, commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, said those people impacted are "now automatically going onto the state's extended benefits."