Sanders would like to see Biden tilt left with Cabinet

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94. I'm tired of Bernie bashing Biden for not being "progressive" enough. It's flatly false

to say that Biden hasn't appointed any progressives to the Cabinet.

He literally said there weren't any. Maybe you need to inform yourself more as to the nominees that you and Bernie are bashing. You can start with Deb Haaland. When you figure out why she isn't progressive enough, please let us know.

And don't forget to explain how the nominees you think are progressive enough will manage to get confirmed by the Senate.



https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/bidens-cabinet-the-scorecard-so-far/

As Prospect readers know, we’ve worked since March to shed light on appointments to be avoided as well as good ones worth supporting. Progressives have done better than many of us feared . . .

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On the energy and climate front, which also connects to green investment, progressives won a clean sweep: Debra Haaland at Interior, Jennifer Granholm at Energy, Michael Regan at EPA. And for education secretary, Biden has named a terrific former schoolteacher and progressive state education chief, Miguel Cardona.

Financial appointments have been better than anticipated, with Janet Yellen running Treasury, and Bharat Ramamurti as deputy director of the National Economic Council in charge of financial regulation and consumer protection. Brian Deese, who heads the council, is the best of the ones who were seriously considered.

As U.S. trade rep, Katherine Tai rejects the corporate trade consensus. And the Council of Economic Advisers is a progressive clean sweep.

At OMB, Biden’s choice is Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress, a center-left figure close to Hillary Clinton. She may well not get confirmed because of personal animus on the part of key Republican senators, and the backup is likely to be Gene Sperling, among the most pro–public investment of the Biden team.