Topic: Elijah Cummings
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I can't go shopping in a supermarket for food. I usually average 30 requests doing that, so I'm almost afraid to even go into a supermarket now
Lawmakers crushed by inauguration requests Nov 22, 2008
There was a severe lack of oversight when it comes to incidents of sexual assault and harassment within the academies
Sex-assault database sought for academies Jun 08, 2008
Elijah Eugene Cummings (born January 18, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, as well as most of Howard County. He previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Cummings was born in Baltimore and graduated with honors from Baltimore City College in 1969. He later attended Howard University in Washington, DC, where he served in student government as sophomore class president, Student Government treasurer and later Student Government President. He became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Cummings attended law school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, graduating in 1976 and entering the Maryland Bar in December 1976. He practiced law for 19 years before first being elected to the House in the 1996 elections.
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