Ex-CBO director: Budget director Mick Mulvaney ruins his 'own credibility'

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney has attacked on the Congressional Budget Office, and it's not being well-received by the people who used to run the office, according to reports.

Mulvaney's most recent criticisms the nonpartisan federal agency, which provides analysis on budget and economic issues, came in an interview this week with the Washington Examiner.

"At some point, you've got to ask yourself, has the day of the CBO come and gone?" he said. "How much power do we give to the CBO under the 1974 Budget Act?"

He noted that the head of the CBO's health analysis division. Holly Harvey, served in the Clinton administration.

"We always talk about it as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office," he aid. "Given the authority that that has, is it really feasible to think of that as a nonpartisan organization?"

His interview was derided by the people who used to run the office themselves, The Hill reported.

Alice Rivlin, the CBO's founding director who served from 1975 to 1983, said "I think it is unfortunate and that Mulvaney damages his own credibility by blaming the CBO."

Mulvaney's words a "disgrace" that showed "budget ignorance," Douglas Holtz-Eakin, CBO director from 2003 to 2005, said. He called for Mulvaney to apologize.

Peter Orszag, CBO director from 2007 to 2008, said "Director Mulvaney's comments are particularly astonishing given the $2 trillion double count that was embodied in the budget he just released.