On Monday, the New Jersey Senate President announced that a bill to extend Governor’s emergency powers in response to COVID-19 would not be voted that day, the final day of voting in the lame-duck legislative session. Outgoing Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, announced on Monday that the resolution to enact a 45-day extension of the Governor’s emergency powers set to expire on Jan. 11 would not be voted during the two final days of the current legislative session. As a result, the emergency powers that the New Jersey Governor had been holding expired on Tuesday. Sweeney, the longest-serving Senate President in New Jersey’s history was defeated by Edward Durr, a Republican, in the November election and adjourned the Senate on Monday. On Jan. 1, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy formally notified leadership in the Senate and Assembly to extend an additional 90 days the governor’s emergency powers related to responding …