Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies At 68
Posted on AllSides October 17th, 2019
From The Left
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore attorney and civil rights advocate who served in Maryland's legislature before representing the state in the U.S. House, where he took on a lead role in investigating President Trump, has died. He was 68.
Cummings, the head of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Reform, died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications related to longstanding health challenges, according to The Associated Press.
The 12-term congressman had failed to return from an unspecified medical procedure and missed two legislative roll call votes...
