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Joe Biden may spark his first Senate confirmation fight after controversial pick for a top economic job

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Several Republicans suggested she would face GOP resistance in the Senate during the confirmation process.President-elect Joe Biden announced half a dozen picks for top economic jobs in his administration on Monday. Collectively, they signaled a willingness to put a more diverse team in charge of confronting the enormous challenge of rebuilding the economy after the pandemic.

The position requires Senate confirmation — and the nomination may set off his first fight in a closely divided chamber that is likely to remain in Republican hands after a pair of Georgia runoffs on January 5.that Tanden was "a sacrifice to the confirmation gods," a suggestion that Republican fury at Biden's electoral victory could be dampened with the GOP blocking her nomination.Tanden "stands zero chance of being confirmed.

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