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The independent-minded GOP senator says she’s focused on securing help for Alaska.

March 3, 2021 She had faced opposition for tweets she had sent attacking members of both parties before her nomination. SHOW TRANSCRIPT She's President Biden's first nominee to not make it through Senate approval. Tanden faced opposition from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and moderate Republicans for tweets she had sent attacking members of both parties before her nomination. Tanden said she did not want to continue the process and become a distraction after it was clear to her and White House officials there was no path forward. The president has not announced a new nominee.�...

Conservatives clash on Indian-American Associate AG nominee By Arul Louis New York– With the nomination of the Indian-American cabinet nominee, Neera Tandon, deadlocked, the focus is now on Vanita Gupta, who is soon to face the Senate for confirmation as the third highest-ranking official in the Justice Department. Conservatives are split on Gupta, a civil rights lawyer, with two groups fighting it out with TV ads — one rallying against attacks on her by another. President Joe Biden has nominated Gupta to be the associate attorney-general and the Senate is take up her confirmation – a r...

Her withdrawal marks the first high-profile defeat of one of Biden’s nominees.

After weeks of controversy, the Biden administration's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget withdrew her name from consideration.