Former Rep. John Spratt remembered as 'skilled and deeply principled lawmaker'

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here COLUMBIA, South Carolina — John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who successfully pushed for a balanced budget deal in the 1990s but was unseated decades later when his district turned Republican, has died. He was 82. Spratt died Saturday night at home, surrounded by family, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, his…