Bush To Give Waltons 32 Billions in Tax Breaks - Sanders

Sanders Quizzes Budget Nominee -- 07/26/2007-- The subject Inheritance Tax. While Bush is pushing to do away with the Inheritance Tax, he is vetoing Health Care impoverished Children.

President Bush's nominee to head the White House budget(Office of Management and Budget-OMB) office testified at a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Senator Bernie Sanders, a member of the Budget Committee, questioned former Rep. Jim Nussle about tax breaks for the rich (Bush and Nussle are for them, Sanders and the majority of Americans are not).

The senator also cited troubling statistics about the number of Americans who have fallen into poverty since Bush took office. And he brought up the growing gap between the rich and the poor, a gap that is wider now than at any time since The Great Depression.

It is uncertain when the Senate will vote on Nussle, who was the House Budget Committee chairman between 2001 and 2006. Congressional Quarterly reported after the confirmation hearing that the next step in the confirmation process could turn on a meeting next week when President Bush and Democratic leaders of Congress are scheduled to discuss appropriations bills and Bush's threats to veto them.

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• Sanders
• Nussle
• Bush
• Wal-Mart
• Waltons
• OMB

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OMG Answer the Damn Questions Man...

[sarahjeanner]

Bernie is such a hard ass- really a stand up politician. On behalf of the middle and lower classes, Thank You Senator Sanders!!!

[irkedd]

at least bernie is honest, which is saying a lot for any politician.

[Hashjihadful]

One of our only truly honorable Senators, and he is a socialist. I wouldn't die for anyone but this man, if he voted for I would believe.

[rollspc]

He can't answer the question. He's already sworn his allegiance to Bush. He's a 'Bushie' and soon he'll be referred to as "Hell of a job, Jimmie". Bob Woodward had it right...'State of Denial'.

[rpaul5150]

I'll tell you what one reason/policy is responsible for that. It's called SELLING OUT AMERICA my friend. Grow a fucking brain.

[listersc]

Nice to hear the truth again. BRAVO

[jbinders]

Jim didn't NOT answer any of the questions. Look, the bottom line is that any and everyone that is in or in support of this Bush administration is not for what made this America great in the first place. It's a true shame that Mr. Sanders has to even ask those questions. It's no brainer. A final note. All these wannabe Republicans of today are fooling themselves if they think they can someday become as wealthy as the Waltons. It ain't gonna happen.