Budget Chief Mulvaney apologizes to CBO analyst Harvey for political bias when he should’ve knocked her boss. In other words Holly Harvey is a DEM who crunch numbers that Mulvaney didn’t like and made comment about. Meanwhile, her boss Keith Hall is a GOP’er that approves her work was sitting pretty and spoke up for his employee – PB/TK
White House budget chief apologizes to CBO analyst- By Mike Lillis / June 2 2017
White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney on Friday apologized to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyst, saying his criticism of the group should have targeted the director.
“It is the Director who bears the ultimate responsibility for reports delivered by the non-partisan organization,” Mulvaney, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a statement.
Mulvaney had come under fire from Democrats and several former CBO directors after suggesting earlier in the week that the CBO’s top health analyst, Holly Harvey, held political biases reflected in the group’s reports.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, had been particularly critical, accusing Mulvaney of “impugning the integrity of a public servant” and asking for an apology.
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