Drama for Biden’s Budget Nominee Shines Light on Deputy Pick
- Shalanda Young has Senate hearing as Tanden nomination falters
- Little-known House staffer wins praise from GOP, doesn’t tweet
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Bipartisan opposition to President Joe Biden’s budget director nominee, Neera Tanden, is drawing attention to his choice for the deputy role: a little-known House staffer named Shalanda Young.
Young has emerged as a strong contender for the top job at the White House Office of Management and Budget if Tanden fails to convince at least one Republican to save her nomination after West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin said he would oppose her.