Death in the House of Representatives

[bodysong]

Death in the House of Representatives

The cowardly, greedy things crawled out from under their rocks,
and sneaked out of their crevices, and dared to approach a
great man, now that he was dead, and headed for the grave.

They shriveled and shrunk, and winced, when people gave
praise to the Good Man's name.

A True Master of the House has died-
(House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that)

Rep. Elijah Cummings, of Maryland's 7th Congressional district for more
than 20 years, He departed from his earthly body, October 17, 2019
He was 68 years old. ” In the Maryland House of Delegates,
he became the youngest chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus
and the first African American to serve as speaker pro tem,
the member who presides in the speaker’s absence.

In 1996, he won the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
that Kweisi Mfume (D) vacated to become NAACP president.
Mr. Cummings eventually served as chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus and as ranking Democrat and then chairman of what
became the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ngs-dies-baltimore/?tid=lk_readmore_manual_57

 

[bodysong]

October 28, 2019

Remembering:
John Conyers Jr., The Longest-Serving African American Congressman

He died Sunday at the age of 90.

Conyers, who served in Congress from 1965 to 2017, was a part of during
a congressional career that spanned more than 50 years. During that time he
co-sponsored the Voting Rights Act, became a founding member of the
Congressional Black Caucus and helped pass the Affordable Care Act
in 2009.

“A lot of what Bernie Sanders is talking about, a lot of what
Elizabeth Warren is talking about, a lot of what people are
calling progressive, John Conyers has been talking about
for the last 50 years,” Kinloch said.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/10/former-us-rep-john-conyers-remembered-for-progressive-legacy.html