{"id":13558,"date":"2021-03-10T20:56:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/10\/senate-confirms-ohio-rep-fudge-as-housing-secretary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:33:47","slug":"senate-confirms-ohio-rep-fudge-as-housing-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2021\/03\/10\/senate-confirms-ohio-rep-fudge-as-housing-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Ohio Rep. Fudge as housing secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate has confirmed Marcia Fudge to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, placing the longtime Ohio lawmaker in charge of the agency just as Congress is poised to pass new benefits for renters and homeowners who have suffered economic losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fudge, who has represented parts of Cleveland and Akron in the House since 2008, is a former mayor and a longtime advocate for assistance for the needy. She said at her confirmation hearing in January that her first priority would be protecting the millions of people who have fallen behind on rent or mortgages due to loss of income during the pandemic, telling senators that \u201cwe cannot afford to allow people in the midst of a pandemic to be put in the streets.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her confirmation, 66-34, comes as the Senate is approving a slate of President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees. The Senate is expected to confirm Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general Wednesday afternoon and could vote to confirm North Carolina regulator Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as soon as Wednesday evening if the nomination clears a procedural vote earlier in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fudge won bipartisan support for her nomination, including from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who said he would support her and Garland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese aren\u2019t the nominees that any Republican would have picked for these jobs,\u201d McConnell said ahead of the vote. \u201cBut the nation needs presidents to be able to stand up a team so long as their nominees are qualified and mainstream.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2021\/03\/03\/bidens-cabinet-half-empty-after-slow-start-in-confirmations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21060820395704.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Biden\u2019s Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Joe Biden\u2019s Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, McConnell said he will oppose Regan\u2019s nomination and also New Mexico Rep. 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He said the two nominees both support \u201cfar-left policies that crush jobs\u201d in his state and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regan and Haaland \u201cboth report straight to the front lines of the new administration\u2019s left-wing war on American energy\u201d and would \u201cunbalance the balancing act between conservation and the economic comeback we badly need,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He cited Regan\u2019s support for the Obama administration\u2019s Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, and Haaland\u2019s support for the Green New Deal, a far-reaching, if nonbinding set of proposals to address climate change and reduce economic inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timing for a vote on Haaland\u2019s nomination has not been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans who opposed Fudge\u2019s nomination argued that she was also out of the mainstream. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey criticized some of Fudge\u2019s past comments about Republicans, saying they could have a \u201ctoxic and detrimental impact on the working relationship that ought to be a constructive relationship\u201d between Congress and the Biden administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toomey referenced a statement Fudge made last year when GOP senators moved to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg after blocking Obama\u2019s nominee \u2014 Garland, now up for attorney general \u2014 four years earlier. Republicans had argued in 2016 that Garland\u2019s nomination shouldn\u2019t be considered months ahead of a presidential election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fudge at the time called Senate Republicans \u201ca disgrace to this nation\u201d and said they \u201chave no decency, they have no honor, they have no integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At her confirmation hearing, Fudge did not walk back any of her previous statements but described herself as \u201cone of the most bipartisan members in the House of Representatives.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2021\/03\/02\/senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-as-commerce-secretary\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21029593911920.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senate votes to confirm Biden pick as commerce secretary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden\u2019s commerce secretary and help guide the economy&#039;s recovery during and after the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats argued that Fudge\u2019s experience was right for the times. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who lives in Fudge\u2019s district, noted that parts of the area suffered a disproportionate number of foreclosures before the economic crisis a decade ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe knows how for decades, communities have watched as factories closed, investment dried up, and storefronts were boarded over,\u201d Brown said. \u201cAnd she knows how many neighborhoods and towns have never had the investment they should \u2013 because of discrimination, because of redlining, because of decades of policy that funneled resources and jobs away from Black and brown communities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Fudge \u201chas a difficult job ahead of her\u201d as millions of American renters are behind on payments and millions of homeowners are in forbearance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the same time, we are on the verge of passing major assistance for renters and for homeowners,\u201d Schumer said, just ahead of expected House passage of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. \u201cAs the incoming Secretary, I know Rep. 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