Biden looks to fill out economic team with diverse picks
- par Xavier Trudeau
- dans Financer
- — Nov 30, 2020
Joe Biden has a sprained foot, his team said Sunday after the USA president-elect was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog.
Biden visited Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists in Newark, Delaware, for the exams on Sunday, after he twisted his ankle while playing with his dog Major, The Associated Press reported.
For treasury secretary, Biden has nominated former Fed chair Janet Yellen.
The Bidens have said they will be bringing their dogs to the White House and also plan to get a cat.
Biden's last health record was released in December 2019 by Dr O'Connor, an associate professor of Medicine at George Washington University. She would also be the first person to serve as treasury secretary, chair of the Federal Reserve, and chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Bernstein served as Biden's chief economic adviser as the Obama administration fought to pull the United States out of the Great Recession.
"Get well soon!" Trump said in a Tweet.
She would inherit an economy with still-high unemployment, escalating threats to small businesses and signs that consumers are retrenching as the pandemic restricts or discourages spending.
If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman ever to hold the post.
Neera Tanden, president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
She served as policy director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Pili Tobar, who served as deputy director of America's Voice, an immigration reform advocacy group, will serve as her deputy.
As the head of the OMB, Tanden will be responsible for the development and execution of the budget, managing regulatory policy, legislative clearance and coordination and dealing with executive orders and presidential memoranda.
If confirmed, the nominations of Yellen, Tanden and Rouse would be the first time the top three Senate-confirmed economic positions went to women.
Those measures were seen as key in keeping the US from an even worse economic slowdown, but they expired over the summer and, despite talks with Mnuchin, Democrats controlling the House and Republicans leading the Senate can't agree on how much to spend, or what to spend it on.
Some of her deleted content included criticisms of Republican Sen. And Josh Holmes, a political adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, tweeted that confirmation was likely doomed.
She served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton, has held a litany of high-profile leadership roles with national and worldwide economics organisations, and has forged a prolific career as a professor of economics, including as a faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley for the last 40 years.
