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The body of Rep. Cummings lies in state Oct. 24 at the U.S. Capitol, where a ceremony was held by members of Congress the day before his formal funeral service.

The body of Rep. Cummings lies in state Oct. 24 at the U.S. Capitol, where a ceremony was held by members of Congress the day before his formal funeral service.

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Rep. Cummings remembered as ‘fierce champion’

First African-American lawmaker to lie in state at Capitol

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was eulogized as a leader with the fiery moral conviction of an Old Testament prophet at a funeral last Friday that brought former presidents and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where the congressman worshipped for four decades.