Bush Nominee Blocked After He Pushes $30B Tax Break for Wal-Mart

Friday, August 3, 2007 | Bush Nominee Blocked After He Pushes $30B Tax Break for Wal-Mart

Last week, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) grilled White House budget director nominee Jim Nussle at Nussle's Senate confirmation hearing. The interchange, which you can watch here, was absolutely extraordinary. Sanders forced Nussle to go on record admitting that at a time the White House is trying to prevent better-funding children's health care programs, he supports giving the members of Wal-Mart's Walton family alone a tax break worth more than $30 billion. ...