Biden Nominates Former House Staffer Young as His Budget Chief

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he’d nominate <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000017d-526f-d108-a5fd-566f919c0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Shalanda Young as the chief of the Office of Management and Budget, a position she has held in an acting capacity for much of this year.

Young assumed the role of acting director after Biden’s first nominee, <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000017d-526f-d108-a5fd-566f919f0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Neera Tanden, dropped out of Senate consideration in March. The president also announced he’d nominate Nani Coloretti -- a former Obama administration official -- as deputy OMB director.

Shalanda Young

Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

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If confirmed, Young, who is Black, would be the first non-White woman to serve ...