Indian-American Neera Tanden withdraws her nomination as President Biden’s budget chief

Indian-American policy expert Neera Tanden.

The Biden administration will stop pursuing the nomination of Indian American Neera Tanden for Director of the powerful Office of Management & Budget (OBM), after Ms.

Tanden wrote to the President withdrawing her nomination on Tuesday.

Tanden would have become the first person of colour to lead the White House budget office, which decides funding priorities and ensures that agency rules and proposed legislation are in sync with the administration’s policies and budget.

Tanden, who was an adviser for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 and 2008 campaigns, worked as a director for domestic policy in the Bill Clinton White House and also advised Barack Obama in his 2008 campaign.

Her nomination has been at risk ever since Joe Manchin, a moderate Democratic Senator from West Virginia, had opposed her candidacy last month, saying that her “overtly partisan statements will have a toxic and detrimental impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.”.

I do believe that this double standards has to do with the fact that she would be a pioneer in that position,” Judy Chu, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, had said about the Tanden confirmation in February.

The White House persisted with Ms.

Tanden’s nomination despite the growing uncertainty, hoping to make up for opposition from the Democratic side of the aisle with support from moderate Republicans.

Tanden and moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Tanden had decided on Tuesday evening to give up her nomination, the New York Times reported, though Ms.

“Unfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities,” Ms.

Biden on Tuesday, a copy of which was released by the White House.

She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work,” he said as per a statement released by the White House.

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