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- President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a Politico report.
- If confirmed by the Senate, Fudge would become the first Black woman to manage the department.
- The pick will likely assuage some legislators and activists who were concerned about the level of diversity among Biden’s Cabinet picks.
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President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a Politico report.
If confirmed by the Senate, Fudge would become the first Black woman to manage the sprawling department with a $50 billion budget and roughly 8,000 employees. The development comes as Fudge had publicly lobbied to become Biden’s Secretary of Agriculture in recent days.
Fudge, who represents an urban district anchored by Cleveland, is a member of the House Agriculture Committee. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus had lobbied for Fudge’s candidacy, but former President Barack Obama’s agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack, has recently risen as a frontrunner in Bidenworld, according to Politico.
This pick could assuage some legislators and activists who were concerned about the level of diversity in Biden’s Cabinet.
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