>Panel to decide which N.J. congressional district to sacrifice
Conservative Republican Scott Garrett, whose congressional district stretches from the northwestern part of the state to the Hudson River, could be out of a job now that he has built up some clout on the powerful Financial Services Committee.
It could be Steve Rothman, a Democrat from Bergen County, who in 2007 backed a long-shot presidential candidate named Barack Obama when most Democrats in New Jersey supported Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Or it could be Leonard Lance, a mild-mannered moderate Republican from Hunterdon County, though that seems less likely.
Any way the 13-member commission slices it, when its work is done after three days of negotiations, one of New Jersey’s elected representatives will be on the way out of a job. (Friedman, The Star-Ledger)