REUTERS/Mike Segar
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.
Competent. Not controversial. Stop peddling stuff.
this is terrible news