SHALANDA YOUNG

It’s the first time the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women.

Leaders are racing to complete passage before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday.

Many members of Congress have said Sinema's switch likely won't impact the Democrats' narrow control of the U.S. Senate.

The request includes $21.7 billion for defense purposes and $14.5 billion in direct funding for Ukraine's government and humanitarian aid.

Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, made the emergency supplemental funding request to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in aid to Ukraine.

This fiscal year’s budget deficit shrunk in half from last year, but the red ink soared on a monthly basis in September.

President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states.

The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic.

The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications that haven't been changed in a quarter century following calls for better categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering.

A U.S. House committee has approved legislation that would put voluntary questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on federal surveys.

"I do want you to know that I pray for our president. Psalm 109:8 says, 'May his days be few and another take his office,'" Boebert said with a laugh.

The Biden administration has released hundreds of strategies it's taking or will take to boost equity across the federal government.

President Joe Biden is releasing a budget blueprint that tries to tell voters what the diverse and at times fractured Democratic Party stands for.

President Joe Biden says he's asking Congress for $2.6 billion for foreign aid programs that promote gender equality around the world.

OMB's letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats noted that even more money for Ukraine and Covid will likely be needed down the road.

The Biden administration is seeking another $10 billion to help protect Ukraine against the Russian invasion and an additional $22.5 billion to cover coronavirus pandemic-related expenses, two major additions to budget talks already underway.

"Given the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, I anticipate that additional needs may arise over time," Shalanda Young, acting White House budget director, wrote in a letter Wednesday.

Shalanda Young has been tapped to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Nani Coloretti as its deputy director.

The president will nominate Shalanda Young as the agency's chief. She'd be first Black woman in the post. And he'll name Nani Coloretti, who is Asian American, as deputy.

President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Agencies across the government are ill-equipped with the data needed to advance racial equity, two Democratic congresswomen told Susan Rice, Biden’s domestic policy council director, and acting Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young. The letter last week from Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (N.Y.), chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) says implementing Biden’s January executive order, which calls for “an ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda,” requires the “collection of data that aligns with an up-to-date understanding of people’s identities and that reflects how diverse groups are differently situated. Most federal agencies do not yet collect this type of data.”

The White House wants $24 billion in new aid to help recovery from recent wildfires and hurricanes. President Biden also asks for $6.4 billion to resettle vulnerable Afghans in the U.S.

The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters.

Additionally, some GOP lawmakers on the budget committee on Tuesday hinted she "may be sheriff" before Tanden withdrew. If confirmed as deputy director of OMB, Young would fill in as acting director until another nominee is put forward. Young is a Democratic staff director for the House Appropriations Committee and well-respected on both sides of the aisle. Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy gave Young, who is from the state, glowing praise when introducing her at her deputy confirmation hearing on Thursday. GOP Senator @BillCassidy is introducing Shalanda Young at a confirmation hearing for Deputy OMB Director where he's quoting Republican praise of her.

Top Democratic leaders in the House are pushing President Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, after Neera Tanden withdrew her nomination for the post on Tuesday, concluding there was "no path forward" to be confirmed. Young, Mr. Biden's nominee for deputy director of the agency, is a Democratic staff director for the House Appropriations Committee and well-respected on both sides of the aisle. In a joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said they "take great pride in recommending Shalanda Young as Director of the Office of Management and Budget." "You'll get my support, maybe for both jobs," GOP Senator Lindsey Graham told Young. It was also unclear whether Tanden would get support from Senator Bernie Sanders, a frequent critic of hers, or Senator Kyrsten Sinema.