SENATE COMMITTEE QUESTIONS OMB NOMINEE NUSSLE ON CAPITOL HILL
Rep. Jim Nussle, R-IA, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about his nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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