The Senate Budget Committee plans a Thursday afternoon vote on the nomination of Jacob “Jack” Lew to become Office of Management and Budget Director, a spokesman said this afternoon via e-mail.
The vote is set for around 12:45 p.m. Lew, who served an earlier turn as OMB director from 1998-2001, won unanimous approval from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday. If the budget committee concurs Thursday, his nomination will go to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote.
President Obama announced in July that Lew was his choice to succeed Peter Orszag, but only submitted Lew’s nomination to the Senate in early August.
