Rep. Louise Slaughter dies at 88

The Hill ^ | March 16, 2018 | REBECCA SAVRANSKY

[EdnaMode]

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, has died at age 88, her office announced Thursday.

“To have met Louise Slaughter is to have known a force of nature. She was a relentless advocate for Western New York whose visionary leadership brought infrastructure upgrades, technology and research investments, and two federal manufacturing institutes to Rochester that will transform the local economy for generations to come," Liam Fitzsimmons, chief of staff, said in a statement.

Slaughter had been hospitalized after suffering a concussion in her home, her office said earlier this week.

[rlmorel]

You’re a good man.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! ‘Ruthless.’

[Darksheare]

The RNC purposely threw an election in my portion of the state because their selected rino didn’t win the primary.
I wouldn’t count on them either.

[shotgun]

She may be gone but she will still be voting every election...

[2CAVTrooper]

BIH

[Saltmeat]

These fossils, McCain, Cochran, Slaughter and others prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that no physical stamina is required to serve in Congress. Apparently if you can breath and have a pulse you can pretend to do the job. Voters that reelect these people are fools.

[OttawaFreeper]

Familiar name as for years, we got Rochester TV outlets (WHEC, WROC, and WOKR) and her name would be mentioned on the local Rochester newscasts.

[bagster]

Now she’s a good democrat.

[Tax-chick]

Was this y’all’s congressperson?

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think it will be a Repub seat for the taking.

Really? I thought it was one of those gerrymandered "safe" Democrat districts in Rochester.

[daler]

"If ya can’t say something nice, then......!"

She's become one of my favorite Democrats.

[txrefugee]

Had the Founders thought that property-owning men who had the vote would give way to democracy, where the most ignorant often choose our leaders, they would have included term limits in the Constitution.

[oh8eleven]

You’re a good man.
Well, I'm trying ... it ain't easy ... but I'm trying.

[taildragger]

"She was a relentless advocate for Western New York whose visionary leadership brought infrastructure upgrades, technology and research investments, and two federal manufacturing institutes to Rochester that will transform the local economy for generations to come," Liam Fitzsimmons, chief of staff, said in a statement."

Lovely area, I have friends their. We wouldn't need this govermental gobadeegats if Prince Andrew the Lesser, all his former Gov's and the legislature would Frack UpState NY, lower taxes, and get the H@!! out of the way so the kids in that area stop moving South and to other destinations because their isn't much opportunity....

[ctdonath2]

Best response.

[albie]

“My constituent had to wear her dead sister’s teeth, because she had no dental coverage of her own!!”

...how many times did her dead sister vote for you? You bag.

[Obadiah]

LOL!

Ruth Ginsberg, shovel ready.

[dowcaet]

With a last name like that it was ironic she was one of the most vocal pro-choice Dems in Congress. She was the head of their “Pro-Choice caucus.

[Mr. K]

I hope they ‘deem and pass’ her straight to wherever she belongs.

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