President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Gayle Manchin to be the co-chair of a federal commission post, according to a White House statement. Manchin is the wife of the former governor of West Virginia, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV.), who serves a critical part in Biden’s agenda if he wants to get any of his legislative priorities passed in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats currently have a razor-thin majority. The White House announced in a statement that Manchin will be the nominee for a key position in the Appalachian Regional Commission, an economic development partnership involving the federal government and 13 states. Manchin would replace current co-chairman Tim Thomas, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in 2018. The commission’s current state co-chairman is Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat. As cited in the statement, the former West Virginia first lady has previously served as the president for the state’s Department …
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