As D.C. mourns Cummings, not everyone is signing off on ‘his last official act’ in office
October 18, 2019 | Tom Tillison
Members of both parties in Washington, D.C. mourned the sudden passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., after it was announced early Thursday that the civil rights icon passed away at the age of 68.
Just as his long career in Congress was sometimes marked with controversy, so too was his death, as there are questions being raised about signatures on subpoenas.
Partisan politics were set aside to recognize Cummings’ service as a long-standing member of Congress, while CNN reported that the chairman of the House Oversight Committee was still working just hours before his death.
Cummings died of longstanding health problems early Thursday morning, and while there was little mention of his health in the media, the Democrat had been seen using a wheelchair in recent years and was often seen on oxygen. Cummings had an aortic valve replacement surgery in 2017.
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