{"id":108538,"date":"2021-03-03T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=108538"},"modified":"2021-03-03T17:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:22:49","slug":"house-democratic-leaders-back-shalanda-young-for-omb-director-after-tanden-nomination-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/house-democratic-leaders-back-shalanda-young-for-omb-director-after-tanden-nomination-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democratic leaders back Shalanda Young for OMB director after Tanden nomination withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"
House Democrats Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn endorsed Shalanda Young for director of the Office of Management and Budget in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The move comes a day after President Joe Biden withdrew his nomination of Neera Tanden for OMB director at her request.<\/p>\n
Young is Biden's pick for deputy budget director and has served as a top aide on the House Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n
"We have worked closely with her for several years and highly recommend her for her intellect, her deep expertise on the federal budget and her determination to ensure that our budget reflects our values as a nation," Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn said in the statement.<\/p>\n
Tanden, president of left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress, drew pushback during her confirmation process over her prior critical remarks of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n
That criticism was archived in the more than 1,000 tweets that Tanden reportedly deleted before the confirmation process began.<\/p>\n
Three senators \u2014\u00a0Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia,\u00a0and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Maine Republican Susan Collins \u2014 said they would vote against her, effectively killing her chances of winning the nomination.<\/p>\n
Tanden's withdrawal makes her the first Biden Cabinet nominee to fail to win Senate approval.<\/p>\n
In a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, Young received praise from Democrats and Republicans alike as Tanden's nomination appeared increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n
"You'll get my support, maybe for both jobs," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Young.<\/p>\n
"You may be more than deputy," Sen. John Neely Kennedy, R-La., said during the hearing.<\/p>\n
Young does not have a Twitter account.<\/p>\n
The White House has not yet named a new nominee for the OMB director role.<\/p>\n