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Former House Budget Committee Chair and White House Budget Director Jim Nussle talked about the two-year budget agreement passed by the House and Senate. He responded to telephone calls and …

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and former budget director in the George W. Bush administration Jim Nussle talked about the national debt and the government shutdown. Both are former c…

A bipartisan group of former U.S. Senate and House Budget Committee chairs and other members urged President Obama and congressional leaders to come together on a comprehensive plan to addre…

Former director of the Office of Management and Budget Jim Nussle examined how the national debate on the size and cost of government would affect agencies priorities for years to come. As f…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Peterson-Pew Commission held a discussion on proposals for reforming the federal budget process. Speakers included House Budget Committ…

Budget, legislative and business analysts examine the upcoming work of the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, created in a recently-passed debt ceiling bill. Particip…

Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…

Former Representative Jim Nussle talked about preparation for Republican leadership of the House of Representatives, dealing with a president of the other party, and budget and spending issu…

Policy analysts, former and current members of Congress, and others participated in a day-long forum on the previous day’s midterm election results. Among the topics they addressed were the …

A new group called the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform released a report on the federal debt and looked at ways to change the budget process. The commission includes several former …

The Office of Management and Budget released the mid-session review of the fiscal year 2009 budget with the administration’s updated projections. Jim Nussle and Edward Lazear made remarks ab…

White House Budget Director Jim Nussle briefed reporters on the White House objections on the Farm Bill and the war supplemental funding bill. Following his statement, he answered questions …

Jim Nussle talked about the Bush Administration’s views on the farm bill, the Iraq war supplemental, and mortgage foreclosure legislation, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic …

The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on the administration’s fiscal year 2008 supplemental appropriations funding request for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. In his testimo…

Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle testified about the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget. Topics included the economic gap between rich and poor in the …

Director Jim Nussle announced the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 federal budget. Topics included stimulating economic growth, reducing the budget deficit, taxation, earmark …

President Bush and Mr. Nussle outlined their budget request for fiscal year 2008, the sate of the economy, and their plan for economic growth.

Former Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA) was sworn in as director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the nomination of former Rep. Jim Nussle to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Nussle was introduced by Senator Grassley an…