Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden to head the White House budget office is setting the stage for the biggest confirmation battle of the president-elect’s first weeks in office.
Senate Republicans are vowing to oppose Tanden, a close ally of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who has often slammed GOP lawmakers on Twitter and referred to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as “Moscow Mitch.”
She also hit McConnell on Twitter for not telling President Trump to wear a mask at his daily press conferences and has deleted tweets that appeared to be critical of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a key moderate, GOP aides pointed out. Continue reading.