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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:11 AM Feb 2021

Susan Collins to vote "no" on Biden budget nominee Neera Tanden

Source: Axios

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will not vote to confirm President Biden's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, according to a statement first obtained by Politico.

Why it matters: The moderate Republican was viewed as a possible savior to Tanden's nomination, after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) became the first Democratic senator to oppose one of Biden's nominees last week.

Tanden has faced scrutiny for her social media activity during the Trump presidency, during which she frequently attacked Republicans.

Tanden, who once called Collins "the worst" on Twitter, apologized for her tweets during her confirmation hearings.



Read more: https://www.axios.com/susan-collins-neera-tanden-ce400884-dade-4d02-a8ec-f705b76681e4.html
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Susan Collins to vote "no" on Biden budget nominee Neera Tanden (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Feb 2021 #1
Did Kavanaugh have the 'experience' and temperament' radius777 Feb 2021 #2
Susan Collins still wants to eat lunch at the "cool kids" table. madaboutharry Feb 2021 #3
Susan is addled. In the QOP it's not considered a thing. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #16
Susan Collins... appmanga Feb 2021 #17
Chicken RayStar Feb 2021 #26
Of course she voted to confirm Richard Grenell who dsc Feb 2021 #4
I love that Republicans (and Manchin, the elephant in a donkey costume) NotAPuppet Feb 2021 #5
She's no moderate, we shouldn't even try to reach her, and her liberal interlude was 3 weeks bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #6
Do It OhioTim Feb 2021 #7
Not 2 years. former9thward Feb 2021 #10
serving until the end of the term is a recess appointment. And Repubs will show up to prevent Calista241 Feb 2021 #20
All true, but rules never seemed to bother TFOTWH* groundloop Feb 2021 #22
He didn't make a single recess appointment during his entire term. n/t Calista241 Feb 2021 #27
You were expecting Collins to do something principled and courageous? Paladin Feb 2021 #8
Maybe hoping she would limit her action to "expressing concern" Grokenstein Feb 2021 #12
Trump's outrageous tweets were fine but hers we not? Gimme a break, snowflakes! machoneman Feb 2021 #9
So how is it we hve to go back to getting approvals now, didnt the repubs change the rules ? nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #11
Not for us TimeToGo Feb 2021 #13
Can we please stop pretending that Collins is a moderate? She opposes abortion, Covid relief, keopeli Feb 2021 #14
She's technically pro-choice Polybius Feb 2021 #24
She is NOT a moderate senator, she is an enabler , she put on the bench an turbinetree Feb 2021 #15
Susan Collins is useless. Initech Feb 2021 #18
Did you expect anything less from her? kimbutgar Feb 2021 #19
I guess that means in the future, every damn QOP nominated person must NCjack Feb 2021 #21
This was entirely expected Polybius Feb 2021 #23
No doubt the Susan Collins "Concern" meter went into overdrive. 11 Bravo Feb 2021 #25

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

radius777

(3,624 posts)
2. Did Kavanaugh have the 'experience' and temperament'
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:55 AM
Feb 2021

for a lifetime appointment? Was Trump even remotely 'transparent' or 'steady' to hold the most powerful leadership position in the world?

“The Director of OMB is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the federal budget and plays a significant role in any Administration’s fiscal and regulatory agenda. Congress has to be able to trust the OMB director to make countless decisions in an impartial manner, carrying out the letter of the law and congressional intent. Neera Tanden has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency. Her past actions have demonstrated exactly the kind of animosity that President Biden has pledged to transcend.

“In addition, Ms. Tanden’s decision to delete more than a thousand tweets in the days before her nomination was announced raises concerns about her commitment to transparency. Should Congress need to review documents or actions taken by OMB, we must have confidence that the Director will be forthcoming.

“The OMB needs steady, experienced, responsive leadership. I will vote against confirming Ms. Tanden.”

— Sen. Susan Collins


What's really going on is white people holding an outspoken woman of color to different standards.

Tanden was 'mean' on Twitter to Bernie people, to Trump people and others - many of whom themselves are known for being 'mean' on Twitter but of course she's the one being taken to task for it.

madaboutharry

(40,153 posts)
3. Susan Collins still wants to eat lunch at the "cool kids" table.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:11 AM
Feb 2021

She voted for Kavanaugh, giving a bizarre speech on the floor of the senate claiming that Dr. Ford was mistaken as to the identity of her attacker.

Then she does the right thing and votes to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.

And now she is voting against a nominee for "mean" tweets.

It seems odd on the surface, but it actually makes sense. Collins at the end of the day is a Republican. I see this vote as an attempt to make peace with her party after the impeachment vote.

appmanga

(523 posts)
17. Susan Collins...
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 11:54 AM
Feb 2021

...is the biggest fake in U.S. politics and she's prickly as hell when it comes to well deserved criticism. It comes with the job Suzie Q. No wonder she was sympatico with Trump.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
4. Of course she voted to confirm Richard Grenell who
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:29 AM
Feb 2021

had to scrub his twitter feed in 2012 and still was such an ass on Twitter that German politicians lobbed official complaints about his behavior while he was Ambassador to Germany. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/richard-grenell-mitt-romney-online-attacks_n_1442726

NotAPuppet

(326 posts)
5. I love that Republicans (and Manchin, the elephant in a donkey costume)
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:08 AM
Feb 2021

just can't vote for Neera because she wrote some mean tweets. But they had no problem supporting Trump, and many of them still do now after he incited an insurrection. Such snowflakes!

bucolic_frolic

(42,679 posts)
6. She's no moderate, we shouldn't even try to reach her, and her liberal interlude was 3 weeks
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:19 AM
Feb 2021

Put a fork in it. She's lost and always was.

OhioTim

(256 posts)
7. Do It
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:44 AM
Feb 2021

Like I said before, do what Trump did and make these appointments 2 year "acting" appointments and go from there.

former9thward

(31,805 posts)
10. Not 2 years.
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 10:25 AM
Feb 2021

The Federal Vacancies Act only allows cabinet officials to serve 270 days in an acting capacity.

Calista241

(5,584 posts)
20. serving until the end of the term is a recess appointment. And Repubs will show up to prevent
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 12:45 PM
Feb 2021

the Senate from going into recess.

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
22. All true, but rules never seemed to bother TFOTWH*
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 01:12 PM
Feb 2021

* - The Former Occupant Of The White House (I don't want to give him one bit of additional attention by saying his name)

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
12. Maybe hoping she would limit her action to "expressing concern"
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 10:41 AM
Feb 2021

like she does when a Republican does straight-up crimes.

keopeli

(3,461 posts)
14. Can we please stop pretending that Collins is a moderate? She opposes abortion, Covid relief,
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 11:02 AM
Feb 2021

common sense gun reforms, and a host of other very popular proposals that a moderate would gladly support (because most Americans support them).

Murkowski is much more moderate than Collins. Even Romney is more moderate. This song and dance around Collins' potential vote for sanity has never come to fruition.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
15. She is NOT a moderate senator, she is an enabler , she put on the bench an
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 11:34 AM
Feb 2021

enabler to the Federalist Society who was fucking the entire country over in the position as being the head law enforcement officer who name is William Barr and she voted to put a racist AG on the bench Jeff Session who attacked anyone that was of a different stripe.........she is a POS......and she gave Mulvaney the green light to put in place his liberaitian BS on this society...............moderate .............

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
19. Did you expect anything less from her?
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 12:24 PM
Feb 2021

Wtf is wrong with Maine that they reelected this mindless ninny?

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
21. I guess that means in the future, every damn QOP nominated person must
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 12:53 PM
Feb 2021

have a record that is free of nasty comments about DEMs.

Polybius

(15,239 posts)
23. This was entirely expected
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 01:40 PM
Feb 2021

I don't understand why some people thought she would vote "Yes." Maybe she would have voted for her, but she apparently took that "the worst" Tweet personal.

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