Career
Vento served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1971 until 1976 before entering the House.
Vento is recognized for his efforts in cleaning the environment and promoting affordable housing. He is also widely known for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986, which provides federal money for shelter programs. He died in 2000 while still a member of Congress from pleural mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer, as a result of exposure to asbestos. He died shortly before the 2000 election, in which he was not running for another term, so no special election or new candidates were needed to replace him.
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