WASHINGTON -- New Jersey homeowners would pay the biggest price under the Senate Republican tax plan, according to an independent analysis.

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The bill "hits New Jersey particularly hard," said U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who was named Thursday to the conference committee trying to work out differences between the House and Senate versions of the legislation.

"I will continue to fight like hell to stop Republicans from gutting the state and local tax deduction that over 40 percent of New Jersey taxpayers depend on to avoid double taxation," said Menendez, a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee.

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