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 2020.

Rep. Marcia Fudge is currently serving as a proxy for Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS2] (since May 22, 2020) and Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA2] (since May 27, 2020) under new rules in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the rules for proxy voting, representatives may designate another representative as their proxy and must give their proxy exact instructions on how to vote.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 1, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 89% Human Rights Campaign: 88% American Civil Liberties Union: 85% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 58% NumbersUSA: 14% Americans for Prosperity: 13% FreedomWorks: 5% The Club for Growth: 2%

Committee Membership

Marcia Fudge sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations subcommittee Chair
Conservation and Forestry subcommittees
House Committee on House Administration
- Elections subcommittee Chair
- Elections subcommittee Chair
House Committee on Education and Labor

Civil Rights and Human Services, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Fudge was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020

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Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Fudge sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (38%) Agriculture and Food (31%) Health (12%) Environmental Protection (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Fudge voted No

H.R. 372: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017

Passed 416/7 on Mar 22, 2017.

Health care is one of the most contentious and partisan issues on Capitol Hill, but a bill intended to increase competition in the health insurance ...

Fudge voted No

H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II

Passed 312/119 on Jul 15, 2015.

Fudge voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Fudge voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

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 ...

Fudge voted No

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Fudge voted Aye

H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012

Passed 223/197 on Aug 2, 2012.

Fudge voted Yea

H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011

Failed 222/160 on Jul 23, 2012.

Fudge voted Nay

H.R. 2070 (112th): World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012

Passed 386/26 on Jan 24, 2012.

Fudge voted Nay

H.R. 674 (112th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on ...

Passed 405/16 on Oct 27, 2011.

Fudge voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Fudge voted No

H.Res. 72 (112th): Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies ...

Passed 391/28 on Feb 11, 2011.

Missed Votes

From Dec 2008 to May 2020, Fudge missed 303 of 7,823 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

Show the numbers...

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%	56^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	65^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	32^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	70^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	68^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	59^th
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%	72^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	8	5.8%	81^st
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%	60^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	16	11.5%	90^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	62^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	17^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	70^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	67^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%	60^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	65^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	1	0.6%	24^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	5	3.9%	65^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	36^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	3	2.9%	70^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	19	22.4%	92^nd
2019 Jan-Mar	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	4	1.4%	54^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	37	29.6%	97^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	16	11.0%	91^st
2020 Jan-Mar	102	2	2.0%	46^th
2020 Apr-May	13	0	0.0%	0^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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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