Today, the Democrat-led Senate Budget Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee postponed Neera Tanden’s vote. This move is the latest sign that her nomination is collapsing, but the White House is standing behind their radical nominee.
What they are saying:
- Politico: Neera Tanden’s Senate committee votes postponed
- Axios: Scoop: Senate committee postpones hearing for imperiled Tanden
- Politico: How the White House botched the Neera nomination
- Washington Post: Biden faces first potential Cabinet defeat as opposition grows to budget pick
- Politico: Manchin’d
- CNBC: Biden allies lobbying White House to find potential replacement for budget nominee Tanden as senators oppose her
- Politico: Neera Tanden in deeper jeopardy as two Republicans oppose her nomination
- Newsweek: Mitt Romney Joins Other Moderates in Opposing Neera Tanden for OMB
- CNN: Neera Tanden to keep reaching out to senators next week as confirmation in jeopardy
- Politico: Is Tanden toast?
- NBC News: Sen. Manchin opposes Neera Tanden as Biden’s budget chief, imperiling nomination
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