EPISODE · Dec 1, 2020 · 15 MIN
Budget deep dive: Nominee for White House OMB, Neera Tanden, comes under fire by GOP
from CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics · host CQ Roll Call
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Neera Tanden to be White House budget director. She would be the first woman of color to oversee the Office of Management and Budget. As a former Clinton aide and president of the Center for American Progress, Tanden is stirring up opposition from the GOP and even the far left, and she just may be the first Biden nominee to have an uphill battle to get confirmed. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss why that is, where she lands on the political spectrum and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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President-elect Joe Biden has selected Neera Tanden to be White House budget director. She would be the first woman of color to oversee the Office of Management and Budget. As a former Clinton aide and president of the Center for American Progress, Tanden is stirring up opposition from the GOP and even the far left, and she just may be the first Biden nominee to have an uphill battle to get confirmed. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss why that is, where she lands on the political spectrum and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Budget deep dive: Nominee for White House OMB, Neera Tanden, comes under fire by GOP
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