marcia fudge – The Philadelphia Observer https://philadelphiaobserver.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Biden Selects Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head Housing Agency https://philadelphiaobserver.com/biden-selects-rep-marcia-fudge-to-head-housing-agency/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:59:11 +0000 http://philadelphiaobserver.com/?p=1826

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*(Via Politico) – President-elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.

The offer to lead the roughly $50 billion housing agency comes after weeks in which Fudge launched a bid to become the first Black female Agriculture secretary.

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Fudge, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and her allies in the Congressional Black Caucus had lobbied openly for the USDA job. Biden is now leaning toward choosing former Obama agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack, however.

Source: Biden Selects Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head Housing Agency

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