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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 Replay Video UP NEXT 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. ....
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 Facebook Share 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 ....