Editing Rob Portman (section)

===Director of the Office of Management and Budget===
{{See also|Office of Management and Budget}}
[[Image:Rob Portman official photo.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of Rob Portman used during his time as OMB Director]]
On April 18, 2006, Bush nominated Portman for [[Director of the Office of Management and Budget]], replacing [[Joshua Bolten]], who was appointed [[White House Chief of Staff]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Financial Express|date=April 19, 2006|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bush-taps-portman-to-head-omb-susan-schwab-as-trade-chief/162733/|title=Bush taps Portman to head OMB, Susan Schwab as trade chief|access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> Portman said that he looked forward to the responsibility, adding, "It's a big job. The Office of Management and Budget touches every spending and policy decision in the federal government". Bush expressed his confidence in Portman, saying, "The job of OMB director is a really important post and Rob Portman is the right man to take it on. Rob's talent, expertise and record of success are well known within my administration and on Capitol Hill."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=FoxNews.com|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192097,00.html|title=Bush Taps Portman as OMB Chief, Says Rumsfeld Should Stay Portman|date=April 18, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> The [[U.S. Senate]] confirmed him unanimously by voice vote on May 26, 2006.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sun Journal|date=May 27, 2006|title= Budget Director Confirmed|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PUguAAAAIBAJ&pg=2526,4804958&dq=rob+portman+confirmed&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|title=Panel clears Portman for budget post|url=http://articles.marketwatch.com/2006-05-23/news/30744422_1_portman-confirmation-budget-director|date=May 23, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128150259/http://articles.marketwatch.com/2006-05-23/news/30744422_1_portman-confirmation-budget-director|archive-date=January 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As [[Director of the Office of Management and Budget|OMB director]] from May 2006 to August 2007, Portman helped craft a $2.9 trillion budget for fiscal year 2008. ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' wrote, "The plan called for making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent, at a cost of more than $500 billion over the five-year life of the proposal. It requested a hefty increase in military spending, along with reductions in low-income housing assistance, environmental initiatives, and health care safety-net programs."<ref name="enquir" /><ref>{{cite web|publisher=The White House|url= https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070205-3.html|title=Press Briefing by OMB Director Rob Portman on the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget|date=February 5, 2007 |access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref> Portman is said to have been "frustrated" with the post, calling the budget that Bush's office sent to Congress "not my budget, his budget," and saying, "it was a fight, internally." [[Edward Lazear]] of Bush's [[Council of Economic Advisers]] said that Portman was the leading advocate for a [[balanced budget]], while other former Bush administration officials said that Portman was the leading advocate for fiscal discipline within the administration.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=August 2, 2012|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/121561-possible-vp-pick-rob-portman-was-frustrated-at-bush-budget-office/|title=Possible VP pick Rob Portman was 'frustrated' at Bush budget office|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>

On June 19, 2007, Portman resigned as OMB director, citing a desire to spend more time with his family and three children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061900777.html|title=Bush Names Ex-Rep. Nussle Budget Chief|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 20, 2007|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> Democratic Chairman of the [[Senate Budget Committee]] [[Kent Conrad]] expressed regret at Portman's resignation, saying, "He is a person of credibility and decency that commanded respect on both sides of the aisle."<ref>{{cite news|date=June 19, 2007|newspaper=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/06/19/bush-portman-nussle-biz-beltway_cx_bw_0619portman.html|title=Portman Departs White House Post|access-date=September 27, 2012|first=Brian|last=Wingfield}}</ref>