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Obstructionist Republicans Obama appointment quagmire claims tax policy nominee

May 29, 2009

Anyone waiting for coherence in the Obama administration tax policy will just have to keep on waiting:

Elizabeth Garrett withdrew as President Barack Obama’s nominee to be his administration’s top tax-policy official, continuing a vacancy at the Treasury Department that may undercut his tax agenda.
Garrett, 45, would have served as assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy. She cited “aspects of my personal family situation” for her decision in a statement last night.

Another victim of those stupid conservative obstructionists, surely:

Jeff Trinca, a tax lobbyist at Van Scoyoc & Associates in Washington who became friends with Garrett when both worked on Capitol Hill, said she wasn’t willing to undergo the rigorous vetting process Obama has imposed on his nominees following the administration’s early stumbles.
“The nomination process has gotten so harsh that good people like Beth are unwilling to put them and their families through the wringer,” Trinca said.

It's amazing how those Republicans have so thoroughly infiltrated the Obama personnel selection team.

Via the TaxProf

Tags: Megan McArdle.Obama Tax Policy.TaxProf.Will Wilkinson.