Neera Tanden's feud with Bernie Sanders hangs over OMB Senate confirmation

President Biden is slowly assembling his Cabinet, but what’s likely to be his most fiery Senate confirmation showdown (featuring his old friend and rival Bernie Sanders) hasn’t even been scheduled yet.

Biden’s announcement that he had tapped Neera Tanden, 50, as the director-designate of the Office of Management and Budget, tasked with drafting his budget and overseeing his administration’s budget plans and policy implementation, was met with derision from his left and right.