Congresswoman Fudge speaks on government shut down ending, calls for bipartisan truce
U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) 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 news venues ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, released a press statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives last night voted to pass legislation that ends the government shutdown and avoids default. The legislation, H.R. 2775, passed the House with 285 yeas and 144 nays. “I am pleased the House has finally acted responsibly to reopen the government, and make sure our bills are paid on time, at least in the short term," said Fudge in a press statement to Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online