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WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.
WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.
She thought maybe she could protect the legacy of Tubbs Jones.
Fudge had been mayor in Warrensville Heights, a city of fewer than 14,000 people. A congressional campaign would require a huge war chest.
Dem Sens. Want Ethics Probe Of GOP Election Challengers By By
Andrew Kragie Law360 (January 21, 2021, 10:42 PM EST) Seven Democratic senators on Thursday filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee seeking an investigation of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley over their objections to certifying the presidential election results, arguing they elevated baseless claims that inspired a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol.
The Democrats urged a probe and possible action from the ethics panel composed of three senators from each party. The committee can only act based on a majority vote, requiring bipartisan support and making any serious action a long shot.