Smogdos
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Home
  • US
  • UK
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Live Stream
PRICING
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • US
  • UK
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Live Stream
No Result
View All Result
Smogdos
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Tanden’s Confirmation on Shaky Ground as More Senators Voice Opposition

admin by admin
February 22, 2021
Reading Time:5min read
0
Tanden’s Confirmation on Shaky Ground as More Senators Voice Opposition

RELATED POSTS

Biden Tours Texas Emergency Aid Centers After Winter Storms

Biden Won’t Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Killing, Fearing Relations Breach

Saudi Prince Approved Khashoggi’s Death, U.S. Report Says


WASHINGTON — Two moderate Republicans on Monday announced their opposition to the nomination of Neera Tanden, President Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, a significant setback that could doom her chances for confirmation.

The statements of opposition from Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah, two moderate Republicans with a professed willingness to work with the Biden administration, further winnowed Ms. Tanden’s chances in an evenly divided Senate. Three senators in four days have announced plans to vote against her, after Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, became the first to publicly oppose her confirmation.

A White House official said on Monday that it continued to stand behind Ms. Tanden’s nomination, but her path to confirmation is growing increasingly narrow. Her failure to win confirmation would be the first casualty for Mr. Biden, who has so far been able to win Senate support for several other cabinet picks, though many votes are still outstanding.

Ms. Tanden’s fate is endangered largely because of statements she made in the past, particularly on social media, in which she leveled partisan and often personal criticism at lawmakers in both parties. Republican lawmakers have increasingly questioned whether Ms. Tanden would be able to bring the kind of “unity” that Mr. Biden has promised.

Ms. Collins and Mr. Romney pointed to Ms. Tanden’s approach to social media — namely, a relentless stream of critical tweets that were quietly deleted before her confirmation hearings — as reason for their opposition. Ms. Collins was among those on the receiving end of Ms. Tanden’s online wrath, which extended to both lawmakers and activists in both parties.

“Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend,” Ms. Collins said, adding that Ms. Tanden “has neither the experience nor the temperament” for the position. Her decision to quietly cleanse parts of her social media feed, she concluded, “raises concerns about her commitment to transparency.”

Shortly after that statement, a spokeswoman for Mr. Romney confirmed the senator’s opposition, noting that “he believes it’s hard to return to comity and respect with a nominee who has issued a thousand mean tweets.” It was unclear whether that would be enough to pull the nomination.

So far, the White House has indicated that it remains behind Ms. Tanden. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said in a statement after Ms. Collins’s decision that Ms. Tanden “is an accomplished policy expert” and that the administration planned “continuing to work toward her confirmation through engagement with both parties.”

Ms. Psaki reiterated that support at a news briefing on Monday afternoon, calling Ms. Tanden “a brilliant policy expert with experience at the highest levels of government.” She added that Ms. Tanden has a wide spectrum of support and that she had “worked with partners across the ideological spectrum.”

“The president nominated her because he believes she’d be a stellar O.M.B. director,” Ms. Psaki said. When asked if the White House continued to believe that Ms. Tanden had a path to confirmation, Ms. Psaki said, “we do.” She also said the White House had been “working the phones” and had called Republicans and Democrats over the weekend to try to secure support for Ms. Tanden.

The New Washington

Updated 

Feb. 22, 2021, 12:38 p.m. ET

Ms. Tanden did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether she planned to remain in the running for the job.

Mr. Biden nominated her even before Democrats wrestled back control of the Senate in January, surprising lawmakers and aides given her history of inflammatory statements. Ms. Tanden’s prospects have long appeared tenuous, given her criticism of Republicans and progressive Democrats after serving as an adviser to Hillary Clinton during her bid for the presidency in 2016.

“I’m working with President Biden to find the extra votes so she can be passed,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, said at a news conference this weekend in his state.

At her confirmation hearings this month before two Senate committees, Ms. Tanden apologized multiple times for personal attacks that she had leveled on Twitter at Republicans and progressive Democrats over the years. She said that she had deleted more than 1,000 tweets shortly after the election in November because she regretted her tone.

Although she promised to bring a radically different approach to her communication style if she assumed the job of budget director, she was confronted by Republicans with her comments about “Moscow Mitch” — a reference to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader — and her suggestion that “vampires have more heart than Ted Cruz,” the Republican senator from Texas.

Ms. Tanden does have the backing of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, but conservative political action groups and liberal activists have mobilized against her nomination, suggesting that she will be hard pressed to find support from other Republicans.

“Neera Tanden is an architect of Obamacare, cheerleader for the Green New Deal and advocate for socialism in America,” David M. McIntosh, the president of the Club for Growth, said this month. “Any senator that cares about working with O.M.B. to grow the economy — not destroy it — should vehemently oppose this nomination.”

Support authors and subscribe to content

This is premium stuff. Subscribe to read the entire article.

Login if you have purchased

Subscribe

Gain access to all our Premium contents.
More than 100+ articles.
Subscribe Now

Buy Article

Unlock this article and gain permanent access to read it.
Unlock Now
ShareTweetPin
admin

admin

Related Posts

Biden Tours Texas Emergency Aid Centers After Winter Storms
Politics

Biden Tours Texas Emergency Aid Centers After Winter Storms

February 26, 2021
Biden Won’t Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Killing, Fearing Relations Breach
Politics

Biden Won’t Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Killing, Fearing Relations Breach

February 26, 2021
Saudi Prince Approved Khashoggi’s Death, U.S. Report Says
Politics

Saudi Prince Approved Khashoggi’s Death, U.S. Report Says

February 26, 2021
Biden Revokes a Trump Order Seeking ‘Classical’ Civic Architecture
Politics

Biden Revokes a Trump Order Seeking ‘Classical’ Civic Architecture

February 26, 2021
Andrew Cuomo Is Under Fire. Can He Be Defeated?
Politics

Andrew Cuomo Is Under Fire. Can He Be Defeated?

February 26, 2021
The Season of the Snitch
Politics

The Season of the Snitch

February 26, 2021
Next Post
Elon Musk mentions Tesla’s ‘Dojo’ supercomputer in cryptic Dogecoin tweet

Elon Musk mentions Tesla's 'Dojo' supercomputer in cryptic Dogecoin tweet

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen: The Latest Podcast Duo

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen: The Latest Podcast Duo

Recommended Stories

Exclusive: Selena Gomez Reveals Why She Reconnected with Justin Bieber

December 15, 2020
Fed blames ‘operational error’ that crashed Fedwire

Fed blames ‘operational error’ that crashed Fedwire

February 24, 2021
Ex-SEC chair joins Apollo board amid Jeffrey Epstein reckoning

Ex-SEC chair joins Apollo board amid Jeffrey Epstein reckoning

February 20, 2021

Popular Stories

  • Watch Full Video: Jerome Powell Testifies on the Economy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Senate Confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield AS Biden’s Ambassador to the U.N.

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Where a Vaccination Campaign Faces Skepticism, War and Corruption

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • WeWork’s Adam Neumann reportedly eyes SoftBank settlement

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Studies Examine Variant Surging in California, and the News Isn’t Good

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Smogdos

We bring you the best Premium WordPress Themes that perfect for news, magazine, personal blog, etc. Visit our landing page to see all features & demos.

LEARN MORE »

Recent Posts

  • Biden Tours Texas Emergency Aid Centers After Winter Storms
  • Want to Buy a Hair-Scrunchie Mask? Great. But Forget About That N95.
  • United Airlines to pay $49.5M to settle mail contract probe

Categories

  • Business
  • Culture
  • Economy
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • World

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • US
  • UK
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Live Stream

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?