GOP moves to oust Douglas Elmendorf as head of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
By Rebecca Shabad – 01/28/15 05:31 PM EST
Republicans on the Budget committees are interviewing candidates to replace Douglas Elmendorf as head of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), according to four people with direct knowledge of the process.
While GOP leaders haven’t publicly confirmed the plan to boot Elmendorf from the nonpartisan office, Republicans have approached several potential candidates about stepping in, sources say.
They also say the search is moving toward an end and that Republicans already have a shortlist of candidates.
According to sources, those approached include Alex Brill, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an economist on former President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers; Jeffrey Brown, a finance professor at the University of Illinois who also served on the Council under Bush; and Warren Payne, who was policy director under former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.).
“I would just say that we are looking forward to having a new director and some changes,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the Budget panel, told The Hill on Wednesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/231058-gop-interviewing-budget-referees
If the CBO is as impartial as everyone seems to think then why do this?
you have a lot of nerve talking about impartiality….