By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums
Grieving New Jersey lawmakers returned to the Statehouse on Tuesday to begin a new legislative session with a low-key swearing-in ceremony as they mourned the death of a Republican leader who collapsed there the night before.
The executive who was appointed to lead mortgage giant Fannie Mae in 2009 after the federal government seized the company plans to step down as its CEO.
But that "does not lessen the pain," he said.
The GOP governor described Mr. DeCroce as a colleague, mentor and friend and told lawmakers the Republican leader died "doing what he loved, serving the people of New Jersey.
