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Quick Hits Two Senate committees voted on Wednesday to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden s pick for deputy director at the
Office of Management and Budget,
Shalanda Young. Her nomination for the somewhat sleepy post of OMB deputy director has assumed new urgency in since
Neera Tanden, Biden s pick for OMB director, dropped out of the running after Senate opposition.
If confirmed, the Biden administration plans for Young to serve as acting director of OMB, White House Press Secretary
Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Tuesday.
White House Chief of Staff
Ron Klainsaid in an interview with Punchbowl News on Tuesday that Young herself is a very serious candidate for the top position at OMB and definitely under consideration.