Marcia Fudge, Representative for Ohio's 11th Congressional District

Fudge is the representative for Ohio’s 11^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Nov 19, 2008. Fudge is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Fudge.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Fudge is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Fudge has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% League of Conservation Voters: 93% Human Rights Campaign: 92% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 35% NumbersUSA: 14% Americans for Prosperity: 5% FreedomWorks: 5% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

Marcia Fudge sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Fudge sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (32%) Education (32%) Agriculture and Food (16%) Environmental Protection (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (8%)

Recent Bills

Some of Fudge’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Fudge’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 5797: Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care that is Appropriate and Responsible in its Execution Act Jun 20, 2018. Passed 261/155. H.R. 5797 allows state Medicaid programs to remove the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion for Medicaid beneficiaries aged 21 to 64 with an opioid use disorder for fiscal years 2019 to 2023. By removing the exclusion, Medicaid would pay for up to 30 total ...
Nay	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Dec 2008 to Jul 2018, Fudge missed 221 of 6,886 roll call votes, which is 3.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2008 Oct-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	44^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	40	14.9%	98^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	58^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	69^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	45^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	57^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	34^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	73^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	69^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	19	8.8%	91^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	7	3.5%	74^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	8	5.8%	83^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	8	5.4%	79^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	88^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	62^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	16	11.5%	91^st
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	70^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	68^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	10	4.8%	83^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	3	2.2%	59^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	63^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	1	0.6%	24^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	5	3.9%	62^nd
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Jul	66	3	4.5%	79^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Marcia Fudge is pronounced:

MAR-shuh // FU-j

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AR ar	bar
F f	fat
H h	hat
J j	jam
M m	man
S s	sit
U u	cup
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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