In many ways, Merrick Garland’s Monday confirmation hearing for attorney general was almost exactly what his 2016 hearing for the Supreme Court would have been. The issues raised by Republican senators illegal immigration, guns, executive power, big tech are pretty much standard GOP fare. You could be excused if, based on the proceedings, it felt as if Donald Trump had never happened.
Ranking minority member Chuck Grassley set the Republican tone for the proceedings by opening with a long list of stock grievances and gripes, none of which had anything to do with Judge Merrick Garland. Explaining away his refusal to hold a hearing for Garland as a SCOTUS nominee back in 2016, Grassley copped to the free-floating rudeness but then highlighted his own pain. He referenced Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 hearing, voicing his anger that Democrats had had the temerity to call Christine Blasey Ford to testify about an alleged sexual assault: “Yes, it is true that I did no
Neera Tanden replacements floated as Biden OMB pick faces mounting opposition Print this article
With President Biden on the precipice of having to pull his first Cabinet-level nominee as White House budget chief pick Neera Tanden loses support from both Democrats and Republicans, two names have emerged as a potential replacement.
Gene Sperling and Ann O Leary are being floated as backups should Biden need to withdraw Tanden from consideration. Senators of both parties are balking at Tanden s now-deleted tweets that she used to criticize former President Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers, and even some Democrats.
Congressional Republicans, though, are wary of prematurely weighing in on Sperling or O Leary given the volatility of Tanden s situation.
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Biden s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden withdrew her nomination on Tuesday night.
Tanden criticized GOP lawmakers on Twitter. It seemed that she would not have the votes to get confirmed.
A few names are already floating for her replacement.
Joe Biden s nominate for the Office of Management and Budget is out.
Neera Tanden, a longtime Democratic strategist and president of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, withdrew her nomination Tuesday in the face of strong opposition from Republicans, and a key Democrat, for her history of tweets criticizing Republican members.
Joe Biden claims there is STILL a good shot of getting budget pick Neera Tanden confirmed despite another Republican senator coming out against her
Joe Biden is still optimistic that his pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will get confirmed We re going to push. We still think there s a shot, a good shot, Biden told press at the end of a round table at the White House on Tuesday
His comments come as Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she will not vote for Tanden s confirmation – becoming the latest moderate Republican to say so
Susan Collins and Mitt Romney also come out against Tanden after West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin said Friday he wouldn t vote for her confirmation
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