Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The White House budget director released a letter this evening that explains how the imminent $700 billion bailout for Wall Street may end up costing taxpayers much less than that. Jim Nussle, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, sent the letter to House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. Here’s the text: “I [...]
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
This morning you would've been hard pressed to find a Republican member of Congress supporting the bail out despite five days of heavy pressure from the likes of Dick Cheney, Henry Paulson, Jim Nussle and Josh Bolten. The caucus was in a virtual revolt over being forced to vote for a bill that pretty much stands against much of their own platform. Leaders were struggling to figure out how they would...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Hartsuch Believes Message Will beat Money in 1st CD Two years ago, Iowa's 1st Congressional District was at the top of national target lists for both parties. Republican incumbent Jim Nussle stepped down to run for governor and Democrat Bruce Braley won the seat in one of the highest [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Put deficit in context Jim Nussle, director, Office of Management and Budget - Washington USA TODAY's editorial rightly identified that higher deficits in the next few years are driven by slower economic growth and the stimulus package. But it failed...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Calls for a second economic stimulus package are "all about politics and the election," White House Budget Director Jim Nussle said Thursday. Appearing on CNBC with other top White House economic officials, Nussle also said the U.S. has avoided a recession but that challenges remain, including energy prices. Nussle and others spoke shortly after the Commerce Department...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Actually no. No he’s not. But you’d think so if you visited certain pages at whitehouse.gov. I just came across this page that still says Rob Portman is director of OMB even though he was replaced by Jim Nussle over a year ago… Not surprising though. The Bush team never did get teh Internets.
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle spoke with me yesterday by phone from his Washington, D.C. office. Nussle, as you may know, is President Bush's budget director. Here's the Radio Iowa story , with an mp3 link if you want to listen to the interview. Former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan has [...]
The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
(CNSNews.com) - White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle "should be muzzled," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told Cybercast News Service at a press conference in the Capitol on Thursday. Reid was asked by Cybercast News Service if he was worried President Bush might veto the Interior Department funding bill and [...]
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Please, make him stop. Download | Play Download | Play Bush: We’ve got what we call a Disaster relief fund. There’s enough money in that fund to take care of this disaster. But what we’re concerned about is future disasters this year and therefore we’re going to work with the Congress. Jim Nussle’s going to go up and work with [...]
NewsWatch: White House (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
(ap) A minor bustle White House Budget Director Jim Nussle appeared in the briefing room today to complain about Congress, which he used to be a member of, and their work on the farm bill and the war funding...
Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle commented yesterday that “the Congressional Budget is the same old tax and spend blueprint that we objected to at its inception. It contains the largest tax increase in history and nearly $25 billion in overspending …” The same old tax and spend plan. A couple of years ago, Americans indicated that they wanted a change in Congressional spending by...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Jim Nussle talks to NRO about funding the troops.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
White House budget chief Jim Nussle yesterday said Republicans were partly to blame for the growing budget deficit and...
Iraq Insider (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is giving Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle the tongue lashing of his life right now over supplemental war funding. Watch the hearing in progress here. Priceless.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Bush budget director Jim Nussle promises attempts by Democrats controlling Congress to add billions of dollars for domestic programs to a must-pass war funding bill would be vetoed.
