The Senate Budget Committee, Tuesday, voted to recommend Obama’s nominee for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the full Senate. The 11-10 vote was along party lines, with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont absent and Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio abstaining. When President Obama nominated Heather Higginbottom to the number-two position at OMB, Republicans on the committee viewed it as a sign the president is not serious about cutting spending. Put simply, Republican’s interpreted the nomination of someone with no budget experience as a pure political move. But even Democrats on the committee revealed a...