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Neera Tanden's nomination to head White House budget office in peril as Collins, Romney say they will vote against her

WASHINGTON — The nomination of Neera Tanden to head the powerful Office of Management and Budget appears increasingly imperiled, with Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney and Utah, both Republicans, announcing on Monday morning that they would vote against the nominee.

The growing opposition has less to do with Tanden’s liberal outlook than her avid Twitter use. And it comes after a four-year debate about whether then-President Donald Trump’s tweets were to be treated as a distraction, provocation or his way of announcing policy.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a centrist Democrat, had earlier indicated that he too would vote against Tanden. Manchin also cited Tanden’s tweets as a major reason to vote against her.

Those developments leave little wiggle room in an evenly divided Senate and could make Tanden — who heads the liberal Center for American Progress and is a longtime Clinton ally — the first failed Biden Cabinet nomination.

At issue is Tanden’s storied legacy of incendiary tweets, which have frequently criticized and mocked Trump, congressional Republicans and progressives like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. In doing so, her tweets have complicated the new administration’s stated goal of returning Washington to pre-Trumpian norms of civility.

“Sen. Romney has been critical of extreme rhetoric from prior nominees, and this is consistent with that position,” the senator’s press secretary, Arielle Mueller, told Yahoo News. “He believes it’s hard to return to comity and respect with a nominee who has issued a thousand mean tweets.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment, but earlier in the day, before Romney’s opposition was made known, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted support for the nominee. Psaki called Tanden an “accomplished policy expert” and noted that she would be the first woman of Asian descent to head the influential budget office. She added that the White House would continue “to work toward her confirmation.”

In a chamber divided equally between Democrats and Republicans, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tiebreaking votes, that work has become increasingly difficult. Tanden needs the support of moderate Republicans such as Rob Portman of Ohio or Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, but neither has come out in favor of the nominee.

Portman, who headed the budget office during President George W. Bush’s administration, has criticized Tanden for promoting “incivility and division” with her tweets. That criticism came during a hearing at which Tanden apologized for those messages.

Some of Tanden’s supporters noted that Republicans spent four years ignoring Trump’s divisive, crude and sometimes outright incomprehensible tweets, making their scrutiny of Tanden’s messages somewhat suspect.

Tanden did not reply to a request for comment from Yahoo News.

Republicans know that they must display a willingness to work with the Biden administration, lest they be branded the party of obstruction during a time of unprecedented crisis. At the same time, they need to show the GOP base they are willing to oppose Biden, whom conservative outlets like Fox News and Newsmax have hyperbolically depicted as taking the U.S. down the road to socialism.

Narrow congressional majorities and the selection of partisan, ideological nominees have made Cabinet nominations more fraught than they once were. According to a U.S. Senate database, the last president to not have a Cabinet nominee rejected or withdrawn was Ronald Reagan, who became president nearly a half-century ago.

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Let me start by saying that I agree with the moderate Republicans who do not plan to support her confirmation. I do not by the excuse of, "Yeah but look at what you guys did!" That's not what Biden claimed he was looking for.

THIS is what Biden said he was looking for.

Biden promises appointees he will fire them 'on the spot' if they disrespect others

During a virtual ceremony from the White House, President Biden had a stern and honest message to his appointees: respect others.

When swearing in his appointees on day one of his presidency, President Joe Biden had a stern and honest message to the almost 1,000 people that will be working with him over the next four years: respect others.

"But I am not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect... talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot," the 46th president of the United States said on Wednesday. "On the spot. No ifs, ands or buts. Everybody... everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity. That's been missing in a big way the last four years."

"I'm confident you have the capacity to do it," he later added. "We're gonna be judged. We are gonna be judged whether or not we restore the integrity and competency in this government... I need your help badly."

"We have to restore the soul of this country, and we're counting on all of you to be part of that. It's not hyperbole. The only thing I expect with absolute certitude is honesty and decency — the way you treat one another, the way you treat the people you deal with. And I mean that sincerely," he said.

"Remember: The people don't work for us. We work for the people. I work for the people. They pay my salary. They pay your salary. They put their faith in you. I put my own faith in you. And so we have an obligation," Biden said.

The ceremony happened virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic with his remarks being delivered from the state dining room in the White House. Prior to his stern warning, Biden, 78, thanked the appointees' families for the upcoming sacrifices they will make so their loved ones can serve this nation.

"I know you," he said. "I know your heart, your dedication, your commitment to this nation. And I know you can do it and we're going to do it by leading with one core American value: humility and trust, collegiality, diversity, competency and family. And I wanna thank your family for the sacrifices."

Later, Biden admitted that he is going to make mistakes, but that he will need the help of those working with him to not only fix them but also being accountable when they make them.

"I'm gonna make mistakes," he said. "When I make them I am going to acknowledge them. I'll tell you. I will need your help to help me correct them. We're not gonna walk away. We're gonna take responsibility. That's what we do."

After taking office on Wednesday, Biden signed more than a dozen executive actions, including measures to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change, repeal Trump's restrictions on travel from several Muslim-majority countries, stop construction of the Southern border wall and mandate the wearing of masks on federal property.

https://www.today.com/news/biden-promises-appointees-he-will-fire-them-spot-if-they-t206392

You don't explain the conduct you expect from those you appoint and then nominate someone who has shown the exact opposite by their own conduct.


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Fantastic, keep this socialist out of the White House!



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And Who the Heck is Mike Dewine to decide whether you can get a vaccine, and whether your neighbor can instead?

Do you believe in Mike Dewine, as some Monarchy king?

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I generally say allow the President to have who he wants, but she isn't a good pick. Thumbs down is probably a good thing.


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Yeah, I mostly agree on that front since it’s usually a committee or some other group that chooses the person, unless the President is super passionate about it. Don’t know how they came up with her, given her history.


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Yeah, I mostly agree on that front since it’s usually a committee or some other group that chooses the person, unless the President is super passionate about it. Don’t know how they came up with her, given her history.


Sucks to say, but I think Biden has been trying to check as many 'inclusivity' boxes as possible.


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Originally Posted By: dawglover05
Yeah, I mostly agree on that front since it’s usually a committee or some other group that chooses the person, unless the President is super passionate about it. Don’t know how they came up with her, given her history.


Sucks to say, but I think Biden has been trying to check as many 'inclusivity' boxes as possible.



Which is fine, and even the right thing to do in many cases, as long as they are qualified. If not, it just a charade and actually cheapens the idea of being inclusive.


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Yeah, I mostly agree on that front since it’s usually a committee or some other group that chooses the person, unless the President is super passionate about it. Don’t know how they came up with her, given her history.


Sucks to say, but I think Biden has been trying to check as many 'inclusivity' boxes as possible.



Which is fine, and even the right thing to do in many cases, as long as they are qualified. If not, it just a charade and actually cheapens the idea of being inclusive.


Yeah everything is subject to “it’s just a way to cheapen an idea” according to the trumpian way. As if the trumpian way doesn’t cheapen everything.


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As per usual the point flew right over your head. Shocking. You lost the election. The ideology of the appointee isn't going to change.

Since you seem slow to come around, I'll try to break it down for you. You shouldn't be saying this....

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"But I am not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect... talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot," the 46th president of the United States said on Wednesday. "On the spot. No ifs, ands or buts. Everybody... everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity. That's been missing in a big way the last four years."


....and then try to nominate someone with a terrible track record on that very thing.

I liken it to a business that's looking to hire a delivery driver. A requirement for the job is having someone safely delivering your products. Then you try to hire someone with three DUI's and two reckless driving convictions on their driving record.


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I should've added some context to the assumption in my post. I was really put off by the way Kamala was named his VP. If he had said that he was going to select the best PERSON for the job, and then selected her, that would be fine. Because he said he was going to select a woman before any talk of qualifications, to me that reeked of trying to score cheap political points at the expense of real inclusivity.


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I see what you're saying but I think it's more an issue of semantics. I mean if we actually look at the timetable involved here I fail to see how what he said about choosing a woman made any difference. I mean the vice presidential pick is made well before the election. Before any early voting starts. So his words had no impact on the outcome of selecting a woman.

And I think if we actually give it some thought, is there a "best person" for the job? I think we can both agree that neither Trump nor Biden would be what most people would say is "the best person" for president. I certainly don't think so.

I believe there are certainly qualifications that every president sees as what he is looking for in a running mate. A person that the candidate for president sees as what he wants in his choice for vice president. However, I think the list of people that would fill that role and meet those qualifications is huge. It would range from everything to a man or a woman and would include all races.

Is it pandering? I guess if one feels Kamala isn't qualified to be vice president they could make that case. However, IMO if you look at women being over 50% of our population I would find it hard to believe that there aren't plenty of women with more than enough qualifications to be vice president and the term "best qualified" is more of a saying than a reality.


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He made that comment right after he got the nomination IIRC.

And I'm not so naïve as to think VP selection is anything other than "who can swing the most votes my way"... so I guess I also should've said that my statement above should be taken with a grain of salt.

I also don't think Kamala was the best choice for VP, female or not (but far from the worst). If we were going for best female VP candidate, IMO there was better standing right next to her (Warren).


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I'm not a big fan of either one. I do like Katie Porter however. But like you said, it has a lot to do with who can swing the most votes and Porter isn't on that level yet.


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