For aspiring college students, Spratt says seeing someone who left their neighborhood, attended an HBCU in the South, and became successful is inspiring. It shows them that they can do it, too.

Ex-Rep. John M. Spratt Jr., the former House Budget Committee chairman who was defeated for reelection after his role in enacting the 2010 health care law, died Saturday at the age of 82.

Spratt turned back Rock Hill developer Ralph Norman in the 2006 midterm election. ... a physical education teacher. "Congressman Spratt's done a lot of good things for the district." ...

ROCK HILL -- A South Carolina congressman diagnosed with Parkinson's disease lashed out Tuesday at the National Republican Congressional Committee for issuing a statement he is losing his memory.

John M. Spratt Jr., a Democrat who served for 28 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he chaired the Budget Committee and was known on both sides of the aisle as a conscientious ...