A historic housing crisis has America in its grip. Can Marcia Fudge save the day? Deborah Barfield Berry and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA TODAY
Rep. Marcia Fudge speaks after being nominated HUD secretary by then President-Elect Biden
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WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.
WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.
She thought maybe she could protect the legacy of Tubbs Jones.
Fudge had been mayor in Warrensville Heights, a city of fewer than 14,000 people. A congressional campaign would require a huge war chest.
Lee Fisher, Peggy Zone Fisher to receive award from Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation
The couple will receive the 2021 Richard W. Pogue Award for Excellence in Community Leadership & Engagement on Saturday night. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 7:51 PM EST February 11, 2021
CLEVELAND
Editor s Note: The above video with Lee and Peggy Zone Fisher on We The People aired on January 15, 2021
On Saturday, Lee Fisher and his wife, Peggy Zone Fisher, will be honored by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation (CMBF) during its 16th Annual Rock the Foundation virtual event. While the award will be presented live at The Music Box Supper Club, the public is invited to watch the Rock Sweet 16 festivities by clicking here.
Feb 2, 2021
As Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman approaches the end of his second six-year term, “partisan gridlock” has triggered his decision not to seek re-election next year.
The decision is a blow to Republicans hoping to regain the Senate in two years, after it flipped this year to a 50-50 tie, with Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote.
“We live in an increasingly polarized country where members of both parties are being pushed further to the right and further to the left, and that means too few people who are actively looking to find common ground,” Portman, 65, of Cincinnati, said last week. “This is not a new phenomenon, of course, but a problem that has gotten worse over the past few decades.”