Jon Donenberg – a key architect of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s signature policy initiatives including her plan to cancel student loan debt – will join President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council as a deputy director, sources told CNN.
Donenberg is poised to enter the top ranks of Biden’s economic team one year ahead of the 2024 election, as the administration is pushing to sell its record on the country’s post-pandemic economic turnaround and boost the public’s grim economic outlook. The move also comes as the White House has been focused on a suite of executive actions aimed at cutting costs for lower-income and middle-class Americans, such as cracking down on so-called “junk fees” and finding ways to cancel student loan debt after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s initial plan.
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