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“Senator Romney has been critical of extreme rhetoric from prior nominees, and this is consistent with that position. He believes it’s hard to return to comity and respect with a nominee who has issued a thousand mean tweets, Romney s office said in a statement, confirming his opposition.
Tanden s nomination appears to be in limbo, even as two committees are expected to hold a vote this week to send her nomination to the full Senate.
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Because Democrats hold a 50-50 majority, they could have confirmed Tanden to lead OMB without GOP support as long as every member of the Democratic caucus had voted to confirm her. That would have allowed Vice President Harris to break a tie.
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Under Davis s bill, the top four House and Senate leaders of both parties would each appoint two members. Biden would appoint a member to serve as the commission s chair, while McConnell would choose a member to serve as vice chair.
In addition, the commission would have 18 months to issue a report under Davis s proposal.
Pelosi also said last week that she thinks the commission should have subpoena power. There is really strong support in the country for us to have seek the truth, find the truth but also understand how we have to protect the American people from what might be out there in terms of domestic terrorism and the rest, Pelosi told reporters.
But Biden is still missing permanent officials to helm the key departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as the CIA let alone deputy positions across government that also need Senate-confirmed officials. Historically, presidents have seen their senior team confirmed more quickly than Biden. Former Presidents George W. Bush, Obama and Trump each had multiple secretaries confirmed on the day of their inauguration, while Biden had just one, Haines, who was confirmed last Wednesday evening.
ADVERTISEMENT “It’s lagging if you go back to the three previous administrations,” said Kathryn Tenpas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who tracks administration staffing and turnover rates.
On the day that Democrats walked an article of impeachment to the Senate and Republicans wrestled with questions about former President Trump
“Our country is polarized right now. It’s kind of shirts and skins, isn’t it? That makes it more difficult to find that common ground because elected officials aren’t rewarded for that,” he said at a press conference announcing he would leave the Senate at the end of 2022.
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“What they’re rewarded for is throwing out the red meat on a talk show. That isn’t conducive to solving the serious problems we face as a country,” said Portman, a veteran of the Bush White House whose pro-trade, pro-business brand of Republicanism sometimes conflicted with Trump’s “America First” nationalism.