|
Otei Obama, Romney express condolences on Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the liberal thinktank Center for American Progress, to serve as his first White House budget director, multiple people briefed on the plans told CBS News.Two people familiar with the process also confirm the President-elect is expected to nominate Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers.Rouse, 56, and Tanden, 50, would be the first women of color to serve in their roles, if confirmed. Tanden would be the first woman o stanley polska f color and the first South Asian American to lead the Office of Management and Budget. The office is responsible for an administration s spending and policy plans mdash; and everything from drafting a W stanley cups hite House budget plan to writing arcane domestic policy and approving congressional testimony of most administration officials. The position requires Senate confirmation mdash; a potentially ard stanley termohrnek uous task for Tanden in the divided chamber given her penchant for sharply partisan comments in recent years on television and social media and her role as leader of one of Washington s most prominent liberal thinktanks.Aides to Mr. Biden did not respond to requests for comment. Tanden s nomination is scheduled to be officially announced Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware, when Mr. Biden also plans to announce Janet Yellen, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, as the first woman nominated to serve as treasury secretary, and also Ysks Tech industry, fueled by immigrants, protesting Trump s travel ban
In a fundraising appeal this morning, Hillary Clinton explicitly stated that she is not looking for donations to cover the $12.5 million she loaned her own campaign. As you know, I had to loan money to my campaign at critical moments, Clinton writes. I m not aski stanley canada ng for anyone s help to pay that back. That was my investment and my commitment because I believe so deeply in our cause. But I do need your help paying the debts we accrued to others over the course of this campaign, she continues. We put everything we had into winning this race, and we came just about as close as you can. As we reported in Starting Gate, Barac stanley cups k Obama s donors have mobilized to help Clinton retire the roughly $10 million in debt that she carried over from her campaign not tied to her personal loan. Clinton thanked Obama in a statement put out by her office: Senator Clinton appreciates Senator Obama s generous efforts and is continuing her efforts to raising the moneys he needs to ensure a victory in November. The full email, which features two large, red contribute buttons, is below. Dear _______, I made a promise to you, and I in starbucks stanley cup tend to keep it. I told you that if you stood up for me, I would always stand up for you. You did more for me than I could have ever imagined, and I m going to keep my end of the bargain and keep fighting for what we believe in -- in the Senate and on the campaign trail, helping to elect a new Democratic president and a |
|