Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, a Republican whose district includes five Sussex County municipalities—Byram, Hopatcong, Ogdensburg, Sparta and Stanhope—is concerned about the budget Trump is proposing. For progressives in the 11th district who have been concerned about the congressman’s steady drift to the absolute right, this might seem like good news.  But there’s a catch ...

When 63 percent of Sussex County voters cast their ballots for the Trump-Pence ticket, they were endorsing a party platform that promised to dismantle programs that provide not only relief for the poorest of the poor, but also interim help for those who struggle when economic conditions beyond their control—the Recession of 2009 being the most sweeping recent example—that threaten to pull the floor out from under them so thoroughly that they can never recover.