Tag: Shalanda Young

Biden official shuts down Lauren Boebert: ‘That’s not a question with an assumption I’m going to assume’

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Acting White House Budget Director Shalanda Young on Wednesday refused to recognize a question from Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) because it assumed that the Biden administration had ceded control of the southern border to Mexican cartels.

Boebert asked the question during a House Budget Committee hearing.

“How long will you be ceding the southern border to the cartels?” she wondered.

Young responded by pointing out that the Trump administration had diverted funds from the U.S. military to use for border control. Continue reading.

Senate confirms Young as deputy budget director

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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Shalanda Young as the White House’s deputy budget director, even as plans to fill the top spot remain on hold.

Young, a former staff director for the House Appropriations Committee, was confirmed by a vote of 63-37.

Many Republicans who initially supported Young’s confirmation as the No. 2 at the Office of Management and Budget withdrew their support after an initial round of confirmation hearings, citing objections to her support for repealing the Hyde Amendment in her written responses. Continue reading.