{"id":160339,"date":"2021-02-22T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160339"},"modified":"2021-02-22T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:14:03","slug":"mitt-romney-to-join-susan-collins-oppose-neera-tanden-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-to-join-susan-collins-oppose-neera-tanden-confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney To Join Susan Collins, Oppose Neera Tanden Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-to-join-susan-collins-oppose-neera-tanden-confirmation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/E3625DFB-6E96-4D7E-AFE1-2E988279DBE1_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in announcing he would be opposing Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden\u2019s pick for the White House Office of Management and Budget. This has reportedly placed Biden\u2019s nominee on an increasingly difficult path to confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia initiated the complications when he announced on Friday that he would oppose Tanden, citing her Twitter feed.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-collins-unlikely-to-support-tanden-narrowing-path-for-biden-nominee\">The Daily Wire<\/a> on Monday,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he would vote against Tanden, citing \u201coverly partisan statements\u201d that she\u2019s made about his Republican and Democratic colleagues:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have carefully reviewed Nerra Tanden\u2019s public statements and tweets that were personally directed towards my colleagues on both sides of the aisle from Senator Sanders to Senator McConnell and others. I believe her overly partisan statements will have a toxic and detrimental impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next director of the Office of Management and Budget. For this reason, I cannot support her nomination.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs I have said before, we must take meaningful steps to end the political division and dysfunction that pervades our politics,\u201d added the Democratic senator from West Virginia. \u201cAt a time of grave crisis, it is more important than ever that we chart a new bipartisan course that helps address the many serious challenges our nation is facing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It does not appear that Biden will be replacing his nominee, however, as his press secretary tweeted support of Tanden on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Tanden was an \u201caccomplished policy expert,\u201d and that she would be the first Asian-American woman to lead the OMB. She also added that Tanden \u201chas lived experience having benefitted from a number of federal programs as a kid\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neera Tanden=accomplished policy expert, would be 1st Asian American woman to lead OMB, has lived experience having benefitted from a number of federal programs as a kid, looking ahead to the committee votes this week and continuing to work toward her confirmation<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen Psaki (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1363845960502280201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-collins-unlikely-to-support-tanden-narrowing-path-for-biden-nominee\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported on Tanden\u2019s response to the criticism during her committee hearings.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI recognize that my language and my expressions on social media caused hurt to people, and I feel badly about that,\u201d said Tanden. \u201cI really regret it, and I recognize it\u2019s really important for me to demonstrate that I can work with others, and I look forward to taking that burden, and I apologize to people on either the Left or Right who are hurt by what I\u2019ve said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSocial media does lead to too many personal comments, and my approach will be radically different,\u201d she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Collins said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/sen-susan-collins-deals-neera-tanden-s-omb-nomination-another-n1258483\">statement<\/a> Monday morning, \u201cNeera Tanden has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency\u2026Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cShould Congress need to review documents or actions taken by OMB, we must have confidence that the director will be forthcoming\u2026The OMB needs steady, experienced, responsive leadership. I will vote against confirming Ms. Tanden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collins also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/collins-oppose-tanden-jeopardize-nomination-470801\">reportedly<\/a> took issue with the fact that Tanden had deleted previous tweets before her nomination, saying the decision to do so \u201craises concerns about her commitment to transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romney\u2019s spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/republican-senator-collins-will-oppose-neera-tandens-nomination-to-lead-omb-11613999942\">said<\/a> the Republican senator of Utah \u201cbelieves it\u2019s hard to return to comity and respect with a nominee who has issued a thousand mean tweets\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s announcement last week that he would vote \u201cno\u201d meant thatat least one Republican senator needed to vote for Tanden in order for her confirmation to be successful. Romney and Collins were seen as viable candidates, but it is unclear which Republican could take their place.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined Sen. 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