While Indian-American Kamala Harris made headlines for being the first woman, and woman of colour, to be elected because the president of America, Indian-American Neera Tanden is close to form another one.
Joe Biden intends to elect her because the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a top position inside the White House responsible for managing the administration’s budget, consistent with media reports.
50-year-old Tanden would be the first woman of colour to travel the influential office at the White House. She is currently the chief executive of the Centre for American Progress, a public policy research and advocacy organisation.
Tanden’s nomination could also be a neighborhood of Biden plan to build a team of liberal and centrist economic advisers to serve alongside planned Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Here is more about Tanden who is believed to go the powerful budget office. According to The Washington Post, Tanden are getting to be struggling from conservatives to rein in government spending but will probably play an instrument in crafting the Biden administration’s response to the present economic downturn.
She was an thorough ally of Hillary Clinton, the previous secretary of state and thus the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, and helped pass the Affordable Care Act under Obama, it said.
“Another proud day for Indian Americans to determine Neera Tanden be nominated for a cabinet level position within subsequent administration. This position at OMB could also be a good ranging role with broad powers to manage trillions of dollars of the US budget.
If anyone had any doubts that our community has arrived politically, this election cycle is proof enough,” said M R Rangaswami, founding father of nonprofit organisation Indiaspora.
Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labour economist, is perhaps getting to be named the chairwoman of Council of Economic
Advisers. Rouse, an African-American, would be the first woman of colour to chair the council, which may play a key role in advising the president on the economy, which has been ailing since the coronavirus pandemic struck the country, throwing tens of millions out of labor.
Biden also plans to nominate Adewale Wally Adeyemo, as Deputy Treasury Secretary and name Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey as members of his Council of Economic Advisors. The announcement is probably going to be made on Tuesday.
The announcement – which may include Mr. Biden’s decision to call Janet L Yellen, the previous Federal Reserve System chair, as Treasury secretary — will culminate in several women in top economic roles, including the primary Black woman to steer the Council of Economic Advisers, The NY Times reported.
With the picks, Mr. Biden is showcasing a commitment to diversity in his advisers and sending a transparent message that economic policymaking in his administration are getting to be shaped by liberal thinkers with a strong specialize in worker empowerment as a tool for process, the daily said.