Liberal Congresswoman Serving 16 Terms Louise Slaughter DEAD @ 88
For more than three decades she represented an upstate New York district. Over the years representing areas stretching from Buffalo to Rochester.
She pushed to protect health privacy and abortion rights and was active in the passage of President Obama’s health care overhaul.
She was the first chairwoman of the House Committee on Rules, which was formally constituted in 1789. Until her death she remained its ranking member.
In 1995 she pressed for and help get enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. That happened in 2008 and it aimed at banning discrimination by employers and insurers based on a person’s genetic information.
In 1995 she pressed for and help get enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. That happened in 2008 and it aimed at banning discrimination by employers and insurers based on a person’s genetic information.
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