U.S. President Joe Biden
has picked former Maryland Governor Martin O Malley to lead the
massive, financially challenged U.S. agency that distributes
Social Security benefits to the elderly and.
U.S. President Joe Biden has picked former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to lead the massive, financially challenged U.S. agency that distributes Social Security benefits to the elderly and disabled, the White House told Reuters on Wednesday. O'Malley, a Democrat, would need to be confirmed by the Senate to become commissioner of the Social Security Administration at a time when political partisanship has made confirming presidential nominees increasingly difficult.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he intends to nominate former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley as commissioner of the Social Security Administration, elevating a once-prominent Democrat who's had a low profile since his failed 2016 presidential bid.
President Biden on Wednesday announced he will nominate former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration. O’Malley, who was governor from 2007 to 2015, ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. He had also served as mayor of Baltimore and was first elected in 1999. “Since Day…