Courageous leader Stephanie Tubbs Jones missed this week

HAZEL TRICE EDNEY, NNPA

- She was among the most enthusiastic supporters of then presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. With loyalty as her mantra, she then joined her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus and vowed to support Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee.

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, was known for her dedication to every cause in which she adamantly believed - from the Clinton campaign to election reform to her most recent bill calling for more research into fibroid tumors, a bill that she was still championing when she died suddenly of a brain aneurysm Aug. 20.

Because of her adherence to principles of loyalty and consistency, the absence of Jones, chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee, loomed large at the Democratic National Convention this week.

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