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The victory gives Republicans the power to rein in Biden's agenda, as well as to launch potentially politically damaging probes of his administration and family.
The American people have made clear they expect Republicans to work with me as well, US President Joe Biden said.
The midterm elections will have a significant impact on the direction of the nation, as well as the fate of the person and the party in power in the White House.
Tanden, 50, had been facing a tough time for the confirmation of her nomination over her past Twitter outbursts against several lawmakers, including those from her own Democratic Party.
A majority vote in the House to impeach would trigger a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, although it was unclear whether such a trial would take place in time to expel Trump from office.
Kamala Harris is symbolic of the typical industrious mixed race families and connects with voters across races and religions.
Harris, whose mother and father emigrated from India and Jamaica, respectively, was the first woman to serve as San Francisco's district attorney and the first woman to serve as California's attorney general.
Seema Nanda would be replaced by Mary Beth Cahill, who had previously managed John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
The move, which the Republican president announced on Twitter, effectively achieves one of Trump's long-term policy goals of curbing immigration, making use of the health and economic crisis that has swept the country as a result of the pandemic to do so.
The US House of Representatives began debate on Wednesday ahead of a historic vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, who is poised to become the nation's third president to be impeached.