Years of work fighting for Northeast Ohio earn Marcia Fudge a seat at Biden’s Cabinet table
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, listen as Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, the Biden administration s choice to be the housing and urban development secretary, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - When Donald Trump was sworn in as president in 2017, Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge skipped his inauguration in protest.
When Joe Biden is sworn in as president in January, Fudge will participate as a key part of his team. As designee to head the $50 billion U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), she’ll have a place at his Cabinet table, tasked with helping the department deal with the after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and reversing atrophy at the depart