Getting Bush's veto-threats out early, OMB Director Nussle promises Bush will veto...well pretty much anything that wasn't written by the president. CongressDaily PM ($): OMB Director Nussle today sent what officials are billing as the first of its kind, a pre-emptive letter to the House and Senate Budget and Appropriations committees outlining veto threats over Democratic spending and tax policies -- before their budgets have been unveiled....Nussle's letter states that President Bush will veto FY09 appropriations bills that exceed his overall spending target and do not meet his mandate to cut the number and cost of earmarks in half from what was enacted for FY08....[and] reiterated the president will "veto any attempt to increase taxes." Still, you gotta hand it to him. Nussle is nothing if not a go-getter. Image by Flickr user phirleh. Used under a Creative Commons license.