Both Clintons are expected to attend the service for late Representative Donald Payne, a friend of ours here at this blog whom we will miss immensely.
The 12-term Democrat was the first black congressman to represent New Jersey.
| Friday, Mar 9, 2012 | Updated 1:28 PM EST
Vice
President Joe Biden will be among the luminaries attending the funeral
service for New Jersey congressman Donald Payne, who died this week
after a brief battle with cancer, a law-enforcement source tells NBC New
York.
Payne died early Tuesday of colon cancer. He was 77.
Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill
Clinton, are also both expected to be in attendance for the
service Wednesday at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark.
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