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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Sen. Sanders on OMB Director Nominee
In the Huffington Post, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) objects to OMB Director nominee Jim Nussle.
The Senate votes Tuesday on the nomination of former Iowa Congressman James Nussle to be the White House budget director. Personally, I like Jim Nussle. We came to Washington together and I worked with him for 16 years in the House of Representatives. He's smart. He is passionate. My strong opposition to Jim Nussle becoming Director of the Office of Management and Budget has much less to do with Mr. Nussle and much more to do with the current failed trickle-down economic policies of the Bush administration. The problem is that the president and his advisors have become increasingly isolated and out of touch with the economic realities facing ordinary Americans. While the middle class continues to shrink, poverty is increasing, the gap between the rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider, and millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages.
OMB Watch has released a statement on the Nussle nomination.
Posted by Matt Lewis
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