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Rep. Millender-McDonald passes away.

“Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), 68, who’d taken leave from Congress after being diagnosed with cancer, died Sunday, a congressional source said. … Millender-McDonald had been serving her seventh term in Congress. She was the first African-American woman to chair the House Administration Committee. She has five children and several grandchildren.”

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