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The Democratic leaders said they “take great pride” in advocating for Shalanda Young, touting her experience as a longtime aide for the House Appropriations Committee.

“He can do whatever he wants,” Tom Emmer said. “But I would tell him that it’s probably better for us that we keep these people and we make sure that we have a majority that can be sustained going forward.”

“We already had Guardsmen on buses ready to move to the Capitol,” Walker wrote in his prepared remarks.

House and Senate Republicans are taking divergent stances toward President Joe Biden, even as they unite in opposition to his coronavirus bill.

President Joe Biden is withdrawing Neera Tanden’s nomination to be his budget director, Biden said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

Tanden faced opposition from at least one Democratic senator and was struggling to win any Republican support, leaving her nomination to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget with no clear path toward confirmation.

“Unfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities,” Tanden said in a letter requesting her withdrawal.

Biden’s statement indicated that he expects Tanden to serve in another role in his administration.

During Young’s first confirmation hearing Tuesday to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, GOP lawmakers boosted her as an alternative to Tanden.

During a GOP meeting, Texas Rep. Chip Roy called out fellow Republicans who voted “by proxy” against the Democrats’ Covid relief bill last week.

Democrats don’t have much time to fight about the massive Covid measure, with debate set to begin as early as Wednesday.