The confirmation of Biden’s most controversial cabinet appointee looks to be doomed after both Romney and Collins came out against her today:
NY POST – Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins will oppose Neera Tanden’s nomination as budget chief — dealing a crushing blow to any hope Democrats had left of her confirmation.
In separate statements released Monday, both Collins (R-Me.) and Romney (R-Ut.) cited Tanden’s harsh rhetoric towards lawmakers, including Collins, on both sides of the aisle behind their reasoning for why she shouldn’t be confirmed to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
“Senator Romney has been critical of extreme rhetoric from prior nominees, and this is consistent with that position,” a spokeswoman for the Utah senator said, “He believes it’s hard to return to comity and respect with a nominee who has issued a thousand mean tweets.”
Collins argued that Tanden “has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency.
“Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend.”
We told you on Friday that Neera Tanden’s nomintion was even too controversial for Joe Manchin to support.
Now that Romney and Collins have issued statements opposing her, Democrats are hoping that Murkowski will be the lone Republican to support her. She hasn’t indicated yet which way she will vote, but I suspect she’ll follow Romney and Collins. We all know how flakey Murkowski is though, so it wouldn’t surprise any of us if she voted with Democrats.