Former Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Dead At 88

Funeral services are pending for longtime Dallas congressional representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, who died Sunday at age 88. Johnson was the first black woman elected to public office in Dallas when she won a seat in the Texas House in 1972. She was elected to the Texas Senate in 1986, and then to the U.S. House in 1992. She represented the Dallas-area 30th Congressional District until last January. While in Congress, she objected to counting Florida's electoral votes in the 2000 presidential election, opposed the Iraq War in 2002, and was caught awarding scholarships to relatives who didn't live in her district.