Conrad Fires First Congressional Shots In Appropriations War With White House
This is a surprise that could reverberate for months. Even though he voted in favor of the nomination when it was considered by his committee, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND),...
View ArticleWhy An E-Budget?
OMB Director Jim Nussle announced today that the Bush fiscal 2009 budget, which will be submitted to Congress on February 4, will posted online and not provided in printed books to Congress, the...
View ArticleQuick Question: Where Is OMB?
As they typically do in the days following a presidential election, media outlets have been publishing lists of potential appointments by the president-elect. As you might expect given the current...
View ArticleNo Bruce...Orzag Isn't Going Anywhere (At Least Not Until After The Election)
Bruce...Summers may be leaving NEC (although I doubt it will happen anytime soon), but he's not going to be replaced by Peter Orzag. The reason? Orzag leaving the Office of Management and Budget would...
View ArticleJack Lew Is A Great Choice For OMB
As Ed noted, my name was being mentioned as a possible OMB director. Because of that, I stopped posting at CG&G and suspended my column at Roll Call. That's now over and I'm happy to be back.But...
View ArticleThe Defense Budget: Time to End the Mantra of Fear
(originally posted on The Will and the Wallet For thirty-five years, the Egyptian people believed the myth and lived in fear, fear of the security forces and fear of the chaos and instability that...
View ArticleOMB Director Jack Lew Becoming White House Chief Of Staff
The White House announced about two hours ago that OMB Director Jack Lew has been named the new chief of staff, replacing William Daley.Lew is a good choice for COS. He gets not just good but great...
View ArticleAnd The Next OMB Director Will Be...
Washington is a place where it's both important to know someone in power and to be seen as knowing someone who is rumored to be in line to be in power. It's not at all surprising, therefore, that, with...
View ArticleGOP Plan To Cut OMB: Silly, Petty, Stupid, Infantile & Pathetic
Over at TPM, Brian Beutler has a story about House Republican efforts to cut the budget of the Office of Management and Budget.The story is sad and ridiculous: it shows that House Republicans have...
View ArticleAs Expected, OMB Sequester Report Shows Little, Means Nothing
As I expected and warned everyone when legislation was enacted requiring it in early August, the report released by the Office of Management and Budget last Friday with the details of the spending cuts...
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