Republican senators uneasy with Obama’s nominee for OMB deputy director
Finance Friday, March 18th, 2011
By Amanda Carey – The Daily Caller
Republicans on the Hill are taking President Obama’s nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a sign the White House is not serious about cutting spending.
Heather Higginbottom, a longtime policy advisor to Democratic politicians, was nominated by the president on January 7 to replace acting Deputy Director Rob Nabors.
“I believe it is pretty clear from the opposition that she is seen as a political operative and that members see this as a sign that President Obama has no interest in having a serious discussion about reducing spending,” one Republican staffer told The Daily Caller.
Higginbottom’s previously served as deputy director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, where, according to a White House press release, she “played an integral role on issues ranging from education to poverty to food safety.”
Before that, she worked on Obama’s presidential campaign as policy director, and spent eight years on Capitol Hill with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, where she rose to the role of legislative director.
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