Biden nominee with CRT ties appears headed for close party-line vote

President Biden's nominee to run the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) appears to be headed for a close, party-line vote in the Senate this week amid Republican concerns about her past ties to critical race theory and Ibram X. Kendi.

Hawley said earlier this month that Ahuja "has embraced and promoted radical racial theorists as ‘thought leaders.’ I’m highly concerned about this politicization of the federal government." But with Democrats in control of the Senate, Ahuja's nomination is still moving ahead, and she is likely to be installed as the OPM director by the end of the week.  Ahuja made it out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) on a party-line vote in April. That means Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, voted against Ahuja, eliminating two possible swing votes that would almost certainly guarantee her confirmation.