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From confidence to a distraction: Inside Biden's failed push for Neera Tanden
Standing onstage in December at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden described his freshly nominated pick to run the White House budget office, Neera Tanden, as "brilliant." He cited her hardscrabble upbringing. And he even quoted his father to emphasize her set of values.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Why hasn't Biden given up on Neera Tanden yet?
To seasoned Washington observers, it's been clear since last weekend that Neera Tanden's nomination to be the head of the Office of Management and Budget is almost certainly doomed.
[ cnn.com ]Key GOP senator critical of Tanden's past tweets in latest setback for Biden's pick for budget director
Sen. Lisa Murkowski expressed concerns on Wednesday about the social media history of President Joe Biden's nominee to be budget director, the latest warning sign for the White House since the Alaska Republican could seal Neera Tanden's fate.
[ cnn.com ]Key committee votes postponed in troubling sign for Tanden nomination
Neera Tanden's imperiled nomination to be President Joe Biden's budget director faces a major test Wednesday to see if she has enough support to win Senate confirmation amid bipartisan opposition.
[ cnn.com ]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rips Democrat's opposition to Biden nominee
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lashed out at Sen. Joe Mancin's (D-WV) after he said he had doubts about Deb Haaland's nomination to as Secretary of the Interior, which comes on the heels of his opposition to the confirmation of Neera Tanedem to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
[ cnn.com ]Tanden's nomination hangs by a thread as Democrats have yet to abandon her
Senate Democrats and the White House are not yet abandoning the nomination of Neera Tanden to serve as President Joe Biden's budget director -- even though her confirmation hinges on the backing of two moderate senators who have yet to declare their intentions.
[ cnn.com ]Shalanda Young emerging as a top contender to lead OMB with Neera Tanden's nomination on the rocks
Shalanda Young, who last month was nominated as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, has emerged as a leading contender for the top position at the office, an official familiar with the matter told CNN, as Neera Tanden's confirmation grows even more unlikely.
[ cnn.com ]Key GOP senator says she won't support Tanden's OMB confirmation
Republican Sen. Susan Collins will vote against the nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget, dealing another blow to her chances of being confirmed after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced his opposition last week.
[ cnn.com ]Schumer says he is working with Biden 'to find the extra votes' to confirm Neera Tanden
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he is working with President Joe Biden to gather the support needed to confirm Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
[ cnn.com ]Sanders says $15 minimum wage not 'incidental' to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned
Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn't "incidental" to the federal budget, despite skepticism from Capitol Hill and the White House of its future in the President's Covid-19 relief package.
[ cnn.com ]Neera Tanden to keep reaching out to senators with her confirmation in jeopardy
President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden will carry on with her outreach to senators next week after her confirmation was jeopardized Friday when Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin revealed he would vote against her.
[ cnn.com ]'Hell or high water:' Manchin tells Biden he won't back push to skirt Senate rules on relief bill
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won't join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled in violation of strict Senate budget restrictions, the latest warning sign for Biden's push for a hike to the federal minimum wage.
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[ cnn.com ]CBO: A $15 minimum wage would reduce poverty, increase the deficit and cost jobs
Raising the federal hourly minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty -- but would also cut employment by 1.4 million workers and increase the federal deficit by $54 billion over a decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Monday.
[ cnn.com ]The move allows Democrats to pass a relief package without the threat of a GOP filibuster. The measure passed after Vice President Harris broke the tie.
The Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday morning -- a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to pass President Joe Biden's sweeping Covid-19 relief package without the threat of a filibuster from Republicans who oppose it.
[ cnn.com ]Harris casts tie-breaking vote to pass budget resolution
After fifteen hours of debate, the Senate passed a budget resolution in a 51-50 vote paving the way for Democrats to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports.
[ cnn.com ]Sanders says Democrats will use reconciliation 'as soon as we possibly can' to pass Covid-19 relief package
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Sunday that Democrats would use a rare procedural tactic to pass major parts of a Covid-19 relief package if Republicans refuse to move on the measure.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: This is the change that could truly honor Breonna Taylor
A little after midnight on March 13, police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, killed Breonna Taylor in a hail of bullets fired into a darkened hallway. The Black emergency room technician was barely awake one minute and dead the next. She would become a flashpoint in a larger movement for the protection of Black lives, alongside slain men like Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. The killing of those men would lead to significant systemic change. Jackie Johnson, the district attorney accused of mishandling the Arbery case before she recused herself from it, lost her job at the ballot box to a candidate promising to restore community trust. Floyd's death brought about sweeping police reform and budget cuts not only in Minneapolis, but in cities and states across the nation.
[ cnn.com ]Presidential transition mistrust: Roadblocks on troops, cyber hack and budgets
President-elect Joe Biden's explosive allegation this week that the outgoing Trump administration is throwing up "roadblocks" on key national security matters was a low-point for a transition plagued by mistrust, overseen by a sitting President uninterested in facilitating a smooth transfer of power.
[ cnn.com ]Israel's government collapses, triggering 4th election in 2 years
The Israeli government collapsed on Tuesday at midnight (17.00 EST) local time after the country's parliament failed to meet a deadline for passage of the 2020 and 2021 budgets. Israel will now head to its fourth elections in two years, probably on March 23 next year.
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