President Biden plans to renominate former Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India after Garcetti’s affirmation did not advance by means of the U.S. Senate final 12 months, a White House official confirmed Tuesday.

The White House is predicted to resubmit nominations for roughly 60 folks for jobs in key administrative posts or nationwide safety positions in addition to 25 judicial nominees who did not win affirmation final 12 months, the official mentioned. Candidates should be renominated at first of every new Congress.

As the Democrats take management of the Senate, Biden will renew his assist for Garcetti, in addition to Phil Washington to go the Federal Aviation Administration and Danny Werfel to steer the Internal Revenue Service.

News of Biden’s resolution to renominate Garcetti was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Biden’s assist for Garcetti, who was additionally renominated for the place final 12 months, is notable given how lengthy the nomination has lingered in D.C.

The stalled nomination left a emptiness in a key diplomatic put up, coming as Biden seems to be to allies to assist comprise the rise of China and shore up assist for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will even host the G-20 leaders in New Delhi in September.

Garcetti was introduced because the White House choose for India in July 2021, however a vote on the appointment has by no means been scheduled following some Democratic senators’ issues over sexual harassment allegations leveled towards former Garcetti aide Rick Jacobs.

At the identical time, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has placed a hold on Garcetti’s nomination.

Ernst’s fellow Iowa Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, issued a report in May that discovered that the allegations of sexual harassment towards Jacobs, a former deputy mayor, have been “pervasive, widespread and notorious.”

The report additionally concluded that it was “more likely than not that Mayor Garcetti either had personal knowledge of the sexual harassment or should have been aware of it.” Jacobs has denied harassing anybody and Garcetti has mentioned he wasn’t conscious of any improper habits.

Garcetti has insisted that he has backing from some Republican senators that would assist him acquire the required votes to win affirmation.

The former mayor has waited far longer for affirmation — greater than 500 days — than all others whom Biden has designated to be ambassadors, based on the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre instructed The Times in December Garcetti’s nomination would proceed to be a precedence for the White House within the new 12 months. The White House is predicted to obtain roughly 175 nominees from Congress that did not clear the higher chamber final 12 months, based on an official. Biden intends to proceed processing extra of these nominees within the coming weeks.