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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tanden will now be a senior advisor to Biden, the White House said Friday, May 14.Tanden had been Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget but withdrew her nomination in March after it was clear that she would not garner enough Republican support to be confirmed. Several GOP senators objected to her previous tweeted criticisms of her political rivals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
After Cabinet withdrawal, Neera Tanden lands White House job
President Joe Biden’s lone Cabinet choice who was rebuffed by Congress has landed a job as a White House senior adviser.
 
Recent Cabinet hopefuls who dropped out. (AP Graphic)
Biden’s Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations
 
Recent Cabinet hopefuls who dropped out. (AP Graphic)
Biden’s Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations
 
Recent Cabinet hopefuls who dropped out. (AP Graphic)
Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition
 
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), appears before a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)
Biden choice for budget chief faces new hurdles in Congress
 
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
Manchin says he’ll vote for Haaland for interior secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said Wednesday that he will vote for New Mexico Rep.
 
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2020, file photo former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who the Biden administration chose to reprise that role, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
A look at how Biden’s Cabinet nominees fared Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is starting to fill out, with nominees for agriculture secretary and United Nations ambassador gaining Senate approval Tuesday.
 
In this file photo from Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is joined by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and others as they celebrate the bipartisan effort to end a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington. Collins, a moderate Republican, is joining Manchin, a moderate Democrat, in opposition to confirming Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for budget director. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Key senators oppose Biden budget pick, confirmation at risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown in doubt Friday as Sen.
 
Neera Tanden testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee on her nomination to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP)
White House budget chief nominee apologizes for past tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice to the lead the Office of Management and Budget apologized Tuesday for spending years attacking top Republicans on social media as she tried to convince senators she’ll leave partisan politics behind if confirmed.