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Congresswoman Fudge gets standing ovation at 105th NAACP convention, voting rights is center stage, Vice President Joe Biden to speak, new NAACP President Cornell Brooks makes debut and calls for a revolution, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo among corporate sponsors

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( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Congresswoman Marcia L.  Fudge of Ohio, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress. The federal lawmaker garnered a standing ovation on Monday at the 105th Annual NAACP Convention, which is being held from July 19-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada Newly installed National NAACP President Cornell Williams Brooks and NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock United States Vice President Joe Biden, who will speak at 11am on Wednesday,  July 23  the last day of the NAACP convention By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.ka

Congresswoman Fudge, CBC members use social media to urge constituents to sign up for Obamacare by March 31, 2014 deadline, U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, MetroHealth Hospital president join Fudge in Cleveland in support of Obamacare, read here where to sign up for Obamacare healthcare insurance

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U.S. Rep Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat and also chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress. Fudge urges her constituents and others that have not done so already to sign up for Obamacare by the Monday, March 31 deadline for the first round. Read below where to sign up. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, who joined  Congresswoman Fudge in Cleveland  last week in support of Obamacare (The Affordability Care Act) at MetroHealth Hospital  MetroHealth Hospital President Dr. Akram Boutros, M.D. By Kathy Wray Coleman,  Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Bl

Congresswoman Fudge of Ohio is special guest to President Obama on Air Force One on trip to Michigan State for Obama to sign the farm bill into federal law, the new law gives a financial cushion to poor farmers, cuts food stamps, makes Central State University a land-grant institution for more federal resources, Obama says farm bill helps more than farmers and is "a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a research bill, a conservation bill"

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U.S. Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in  Congress,  and U.S. President Barack Obama By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) President Barack Obama signs the  farm bill into law during a ceremony  Friday afternoon at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. To the far right of the  president is Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH),  a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the  Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress LANSING, Michigan – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11),

Congressional Black Caucus Chairperson Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio calls America's 'War on Poverty' a 'war on the poor,' she takes on House Speaker John Boehner, also of Ohio, for pushing cuts to programs to the poor on 50th anniversary of the 'War on Poverty'

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U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio), a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes parts of the cities of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, and suburban parts of Cuyahoga and Summit counties. Rep. Fudge is also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), a Republican whose eighth congressional district includes suburban areas of Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio By Kathy Wray Coleman,  Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  .    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio WAS

FCC bars high rates for long distance phone calls in jails, prisons nationwide, CBC, Congresswoman Fudge applaud it, Blacks and Black men in particular are disproportionately imprisoned nationwide by America's unjust and racist penal system

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U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge,  a Warrensville Hts Democrat who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Black members of Congress FCC Reforms Bring Relief To Millions Of Families By Reducing The Cost of Interstate Long-Distance Calls, The Black Community Is Impacted Where Blacks, And Black Men In Particular, Are Disproportionately Imprisoned By America's Unjust And Racist Penal System   Washington, D.C . – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week took long-overdue steps to ensure that the rates for interstate long-distance calls made by prison inmates are just, reasonable and fair. U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, applauded the decision. "I'm pleased that the FCC has finally addressed a great injustice by issuing regulations to ensure prison telephone rates are reasonable and fair," said Fudge in a press release to Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most r

Obama, Rep. Fudge, Congressional Black Caucus members say U.S. Supreme Court decision to weaken Voting Rights Act hurts Blacks, poor people, is egregious, ..Ohio state Rep. Barnes Jr, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald comment against it too,.... a state lawmaker calls Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" around 5-4 ruling that strikes down provisional requirement under the Voting Rights Act for 15 states, including Ohio, to get federal approval to change state voting laws,... Fudge targets Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as reason for needing the provision,.... Ohio Gov. John Kasich is quiet on controversial issue

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Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio (D-11), a Warrensville Hts.  Democrat  who also chairs the  Congressional  Black Caucus, speaks during a press conference with CBC members following the U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down on Tuesday  that   weakens  the Voting Rights Act, a federal law  enacted  in the 1960s to address   egregious  racial discrimination in voting. Pictured  behind  Fudge is seasoned Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a 5-4 ruling that President Obama and congressional Black Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-11