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Biden names top economic advisers as Arizona, Wisconsin certify vote results

Published 11/30/2020, 06:10 AM
Updated 11/30/2020, 07:16 PM
© Reuters. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers pre-Thanksgiving speech at transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

© Reuters. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers pre-Thanksgiving speech at transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

By Jarrett Renshaw

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden named several women to his top economic policy team on Monday, including former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary nominee, setting the stage for diversity and a focus on recovery from the pandemic.

The advisers, several of whom would need to be approved by the U.S. Senate, come from liberal research organizations and worked in previous Democratic administrations. Their aim will be to set policies that can help people and businesses recover from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed nearly 267,000 people in the United States and cost millions of jobs.

"This team looks like America and brings seriousness of purpose, the highest degree of competency, and unwavering belief in the promise of America," Biden said in a statement. "They will be ready on day one to get to work for all Americans."

Biden is expected to formally introduce the new economic team members on Tuesday, the transition team said.

Arizona and Wisconsin on Monday certified Biden as the winner in each state, further undermining President Donald Trump's attempts to dispute his loss to Biden in the Nov. 3 election by making unsubstantiated claims of fraud.

The confirmation of vote counts is usually a mere formality but has taken on added significance this year in the face of Trump's baseless allegations that the election was "rigged" in Biden's favor.

Most of the battleground states that Biden won, including Pennsylvania and Georgia, previously certified their results. Together with the results from states where the outcome is not in dispute, Biden has secured enough votes in the state-by-state Electoral College to win the presidency.

The Trump campaign is pursuing long-shot legal cases that seek to overturn Biden's victories in Georgia, Michigan and Nevada, while others have been dismissed or withdrawn in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. None has scored significant gains for Trump.

PUSH FOR EARLY YELLEN HEARING

Yellen, 74, was head of the U.S. central bank from 2014 to 2018 and served as the chair of President Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers.

On Twitter, she underscored the challenges facing the United States: "To recover, we must restore the American dream — a society where each person can rise to their potential and dream even bigger for their children. As Treasury Secretary, I will work every day towards rebuilding that dream for all."

Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said Yellen's confirmation hearing should occur before Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, as it did for Steven Mnuchin, the current Treasury secretary.

"When millions of workers are unemployed through no fault of their own and sectors of the economy are struggling mightily, there is no excuse for delay," Wyden said in a statement.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who like many top Republicans in that chamber has not yet acknowledged Biden as president-elect, did not respond to questions about pre-inauguration hearings. His colleagues have signaled that Biden's appointees may face a rough road to confirmation.

Control of the Senate - and the power to confirm or block Biden's Cabinet appointees - will be determined by a pair of runoff elections in Georgia on Jan. 5.

The Electoral College meets on Dec. 14. Biden has 306 electors, far more than the required 270, to Trump's 232.

ECONOMY PICKS

Biden said he would nominate Wally Adeyemo as Yellen's deputy at Treasury. Adeyemo was a deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama, and was later president of the Obama Foundation, which is overseeing planning for the Democratic former president's library.

Neera Tanden, chief executive of the Center for American Progress think tank, would head the Office of Management and Budget. Tanden helped the Obama administration create the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare overhaul popularly known as Obamacare, which Republicans have tried to dismantle.

Republican senators voiced few concerns about Yellen, with Senator John Cornyn telling reporters he did not "have any problem with her."

He was more concerned about Tanden, calling her the "worst nominee so far." Cornyn's communications director cited her "endless stream of disparaging comments about the Republican senators whose votes she’ll need." The Biden transition team had no immediate comment on the criticism.

"Neera Tanden is smart, experienced, and qualified for the position of OMB Director. The American people decisively voted for change - Mitch McConnell shouldn’t block us from having a functioning government that gets to work for the people we serve," tweeted Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, a close Biden ally.

Tanden would be the first woman of color to lead the OMB if she is confirmed.

Biden selected Cecilia Rouse, an economist who is dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. She was a member of the council under Obama from 2009 to 2011.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Tanden speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

Heather Boushey, an economist who is co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and is focused on economic inequality, will serve on the council.

Latest comments

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reasons.” -Mark Twain.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-photo-psaki-biden-soviet-unionImagine...
Tonto it was part of a diplomatic gift exchange... lol https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/13/idaho-potatoes-and-a-furry-pink-hat-this-is-what-now-passes-for-diplomacy/
So, Reuters, to be clear you are saying that we are getting the same failed academics to run our country’s economy again?
Exactly...im already 100% solar, ready to make a *******on these fools. Solar was already beat down too :)
this is a corrupt liar who is is going to roll back corporate taxes and increase taxes by 4 trln! And that's before his green new deal
Tax the rich!
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John I thought you conservatives don't like a free lunch and giving things away a la socialist style? who's going to pay for the 2.2T CARES act that repubs passed too. and who is going to pay for the proposed another 2T stimulus package? and don't get me started on the trump tax cut in 17 when we should have been saving it for a rainy day. like all repubs, take all you can, then compain about socialism coming from the left. hilarious..
Biden will never set foot in the white house... Massive fraud exposed as we speak, u have been warned
yeah like fraud in GA? I have to admit that it brings me abundant joy to see a repub white house taking on repub state officials refereeing by a repub judge..your circus town is also torn down... lol
Ryan, you just triggered the real snowfkakes, its about to get childish in here.
zackie boy, why don't you let your man speak for himself or you have to fight for your little brother too? lol
If Biden wins, I make more money than I would have under Trump, so really no big deal for me, I just can’t stand people giving away the greatest country on earth because they don’t understand how it got that way. Obviously no one’s going to change their mind on here or even bother to spend an hour a week looking up and understanding history that doesn’t fit their narrative. Enjoy yourselves.
giving what away?
enlighten us with more conspiracy theories.. I need another chuckle or two
Dont worry Thom and Chris, your fear of truth has the moderators on high alert. I cant say the word lunatic. Hmmmm...contolling media and free speech...fascist/socialist 101.
here we go with the nutty conspiracy theories again..
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-timothy-batten-georgia-voting-machines-election-resultsWait...if nothing to hide, why not audit?
its been all over the news...signatures conveniently are no longer attached to ballots coupled with “Republican” never-Trumpers like yourself who do not have the mental fotitude to vote for policy over emotion.
yes, exactly, the lower credit, higher risk minorities were legislated loan availability with no restrictions to control the zoo...its in the 90’s law, go read it. Lol.
zackie boy, come on dude I know you ain't as dense as the insane stuff that you write. so tell me how is it that any government can force country wide, wells Fargo or b of a to lend to minorities? prove to us within some documents that Clinton or GWB said loans must be made to unqualified minorities... I'll wait for the response... lol
Wait? Demo’s cheating on ekection?...Well, only this time, it was a new thought for them, they are sorry and wont try again...said any fool
yeah... how much can you make working at 7/11?
lol, tough talk because Biden won ...you are still selling the country down the river, enjoy the results big boy. Your ignorance is astounding.
zackie boy, I'll take the next 4y over the last 4 any day just to make cons like you cry themselves to sleep at night. hope Santa Claus will get you a teddy bear to help you go to sleep... lol
Obama literally said “Never underestimate Biden’s ability to F-things up.” Media coverage during election?
So diversity or excellence? Which is the goal. Cannot prioritize both. One must be above the other and the other will suffer. Also trump has Obama’s holdovers made his transition very difficult and it was very difficult for a few months then turned into a few years. Lol. Also, how many black people are part of Biden’s team then? Or does Kamala buy him a pass for a few more white women?
you can't walk and chew gum at the same time. well, that's shameful.. for you
I don’t see how “walking and gum chewing” are relevant here? Please respond to the issue with more than demeaning remarks. Any opinion on the issues or just hiding behind disparagements? The fact that We are all educated enough to be reading a web page at a news organization should indicate we all have Baseline intelligence for discourse.
mark diversity or excellence but not both? and you can't figure out the gum analogy? come on man. OK if you want a dialogue, then explain to us why it must be one or the other and not both?
he is not our president
Not sure how you guys get confused, let me help. The president of America is Trump, president-elect is Biden. No clue where you live but that is the breakdown in America today.
Will Biden be tough on China? or will he be weak on them?   Serious queestion from a non US citizen
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/resurfaced-photo-psaki-biden-soviet-union
Link shows Biden’s press secretary selection with a Russian hat on, in the presence of Russians...Biden loves Russia’s money and Russia loves access to Biden.
Biden and China are in bed as well...Quid-Pro-Joe knows no bounds.
Biden can't leave the basement and walk the dog without needing an airlift to the nearest hospital. I'm sorry but he's just a trojan horse of the socialists. he'll never make it to the next Thanksgiving
 Wow! you think you are so very smarter than us. You are the one who accepts everything that the 99% media says. You never question yourself because you are so smart!!!
https://spectator.org/pennsylvania-bombshell-biden-99-4-vs-trump-0-6/?paywall=0
waaa
you cant help but read my truth, because it’s more than you get from your nightly news.But then You can’t help but hating it, because you love to hate so much when it disrupts your mental construct.
Not looking forward to four years of dems and their "big government" mentality of "I'm with the government and I'm here to help". Personally I can't name one well-run government program or agency.
uh...Trump is a fiscal Democrat...
dont like truth do you? Childish names being used it has you so tweaked.
zackie boy, Trump is a fiscal democrats? lol... yeah and the repubs who voted for the 2T tax cut in 17 and the CARES act, they are also fiscal democrats? trailer trash education, conservatives last hope.. lol
president Trump had done more for my family, financially than any politician had ever done. DNC needs to resolve that we the people of the United States of America will never let them control our lives again and we will take it to civil war if need be. we left europe for the same things attempting to be implemented in our country today. think it through
Trump has done more for his family, financially, than other presidents
Never a legitimate president. He couldn't gather a dozen cars in a rally and now we are supposed to believe he had more votes than Obama even among African Americans. We are also supposed to believe that Trump easily won Ohio by 8 points and had a 600 000 vote lead on Pennsylvania the night of the election and by morning he had nothing.. that's never happened before, that's fraud.
here is a tissue for your issue
virus times, do you get that?, I know is "hard" to understand.
As long as the orange jellyfish is the wannabe cult leader of the RNG the Republican Party is over, there's hundreds of thousands of people defecting to the DNC or going Independent till the Republican pull their heads out and take control of the party and change leadership if not the party is over for many years.
Obama literally said “Never underestimate Biden’s ability to F-things up.” Media coverage during election? But Trump says something about anyone and is “Choas” in the admin. reported for days.
what about russian vaccine ?? they supposed to claim it first and with best results right ?? just check the number of Corona cases per day in Russia it's above 25K per day.. Vaccine may or may not help to get rid of this Chinese Virus.. it's 50-50 chances.
like the Republicans did to Obama? Then Democrat to Trump. Please just STOP. The government works for "WE THE PEOPLE" who demand a government that actually gets things done.
zackie boy, why do you think Trump fired Christopher Krebs? the csia certified that dominion voting systems are secured. go back to breitbart little man
all cute comebacks...no substance...hence, boys like you and Chris in the adult chatroom. Maybe there is a BLM Riot near you to take your time
zackie boy, I know trailer education was fulfilling to you but if you're going to make an accusation like a rigged election, you and your nutty side need to prove it. funny thing is that Krebs was picked by trump and fired by trump because conman didn't like that Krebs was not a yesman... come back to this discussion when you finish a university study and I don't mean Trump U... lol
My advice to Republicans right from the Democrats playbook....resist, obstruct, block cabinet appointments... ....he's not my president.
bring it on little baby
Klan? Don't melt little snowflake.
 Will Moscow Mitch ever be tried for treason?
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