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What OMB nominee Lew faces during confirmation

Jacob Lew, the last White House budget director to oversee a budget surplus, will be nominated to return to his old post as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), President Obama announced Tuesday.
 The Hill's Walter Alarkon joins us with details.

Tags: Jacob Lew , OMB , Peter Orszag , Donald Berwick , Senate , Republicans , Barack Obama , Rachel Stevens

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Dems mull how to cut discretionary spending

How low can they go? House Democrats say they'll forgo a traditional budget resolution for 2011 and opt for a plan to reduce non-security discretionary spending beyond what the president has proposed. We get details from The Hill's Walter Alarkon.

Tags: Federal Drive , Congress , budget , The Hill , Steny Hoyer , discretionary spending

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