Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, considered to be one of the only remaining GOP senators who could cross the aisle to support Tanden's nomination, told reporters she met Monday with Tanden.
Both Collins and Romney were considered among a group of Republicans who might throw their support behind Tanden. Rob Portman of Ohio, John Cornyn of Texas, Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine, announced they would oppose her confirmation, citing her previous partisan statements. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Senate panels tasked with vetting her candidacy, last week postponed their planned votes saying senators needed more time to consider her nomination amid bipartisan conversations between lawmakers. Joe Manchin, a key moderate Democrat, said he would not support her nomination, triggering a string of Republicans to announce they would also vote against her. Her nomination began to unravel after Sen. More: Why Biden is standing firm on budget pick Neera Tanden despite pushback from left and right More: Neera Tanden apologizes for GOP Twitter attacks, pledges to be bipartisan as White House budget chief In a letter from Tanden withdrawing her nomination sent out by the White House, she said, "it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities."Īs OMB director, Tanden would have become the first woman of color and first South Asian person to lead the powerful executive office and had an outsized role in shaping the Biden's administration's domestic policy.
Chamber of Commerce and labor groups, but her trail of abrasive tweets targeted at members of both parties may have torpedoed her confirmation. The seasoned Democratic operative gained an outpouring of support for her nomination from outside groups, including the conservative U.S. Tanden led the left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress for a decade, during which she gained a reputation as a partisan warrior who frequently targeted Republican lawmakers on Twitter and feuded with progressives including Sen. WASHINGTON – Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's controversial pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, withdrew herself from consideration Tuesday after her confirmation collapsed last week, dealing Biden his first major blow in his nominations to the Cabinet.īiden in a statement said Tanden had withdrawn her nomination and said he still would"look forward to having her serve in a role in my Administration," signaling that he could still appoint her to a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Watch Video: Biden budget pick Neera Tanden drops out of nomination process
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