... would bend the cost curve, the budget director responded that as things stand ... down the significance of the budget director's assessment, calling it premature ... McConnell of Kentucky said the budget director's warning should be "a wake ...

... a more efficient health care system, "We are on an utterly unsustainable fiscal course," said the White House budget director, Peter Orszag. Some budget-restraint activists claim even the debt understates the nation's true liabilities ...

... officials said he intended to name Peter Orszag, currently the head of the Congressional Budget Office, to be his budget director. Obama and President George W. Bush spoke by telephone during the day, their first disclosed conversation since ...

... by 2010. He spoke as he appointed Peter Orszag, currently head of the Congressional Budget Office, to be his own budget director. Obama's comments came at his second news conference in as many days, an unusual pre-inaugural burst of activity ...

... noting the budget deficit and the governor's legal situation could hamper efforts to find a remedy. The governor's budget director declined an interview request. Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero said the governor is expected to soon get an ...

... Reid said there was "significant discussion about the CBO numbers" at the White House meeting. He said Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, who recently headed the CBO, told participants that the study analyzed only 40 percent of the pending ...

... it permanent or probably permanent and not enough of it likely to create new jobs. Former Clinton administration budget director Alice Rivlin fears that "money will be wasted because the investment elements were not carefully crafted." Former ...

... bailout have pushed the federal deficit to an all-time high for the first four months of the budget year. Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, told lawmakers recently that even after the economy recovers, annual deficits could reach $750 ...

... targets tax relief to families that have lost ground the past eight years," Geithner said. Geithner and White House Budget Director Peter Orszag testified at separate congressional hearings Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to publicly ...

... They want health care reform as much as I do," he told reporters. - Advertisement - Geithner and White House budget director Peter Orszag returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of hearings on Obama's $3.6 trillion tax ...