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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

President Bush announced Mr. Portman’s resignation as White House budget director and the appointment of Representative Nussle to the post.

The House Budget Committee marked up the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution. Members offered amendments, debated spending provisions, and voted on several contentious provisions. The legisl…

This is the second part of the evening portion of the hearing which began on 191825-3. The House Budget Committee marked up the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution. Members offered amendme…

This is the first part of the evening portion of the hearing which continues on 191825-4. The House Budget Committee marked up the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution. Members offered amen…

The House Budget Committee marked up the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution. Members offered amendments, debated spending provisions, and voted on several contentious provisions. The legisl…

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up the tax portion of the House budget reconciliation legislation. Mr. Yin testified about the likely impact of various proposals on fiscal and tax …

Members offered amendments and debated provisions of budget reconciliation legislation. Much of the focus was spending cuts to free funds for hurricane recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast.

Members offered amendments and debated provisions of budget reconciliation legislation. Much of the focus was spending cuts to free funds for hurricane recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast.