Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats. Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.
US Senate Confirms Trump Budget Director Pick Vought
The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Russell Vought as budget director on Thursday, placing the reins of government funding in the hands of hardline conservative who has advocated for reducing Congress's power over taxpayer dollars.
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'He's Just A Little Bit Strange': Sheldon Whitehouse Grills Trump Nominee In Senate Floor RemarksDuring the Senate Judiciary committee hearing on the confirmation of Trump's OMB Director, Russell Vought, Senator Sheldon ...
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Trump budget nominee tells senators 2020 election was ‘rigged’Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, told senators in his confirmation ...
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Trump’s Budget Chief Pick Refuses to Answer Questions—and GOP Lets HimThat roped Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham into the heated back and forth, who impressed on Vought that he ...
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'Corporate And Billionaire Takeover': Sheldon Whitehouse Rails Against Russell Vought During HearingDuring a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing this week on the confirmation of Trump's OMB Director nominee, Russell Vought, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse railed against Vought's nomination.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse torched Russell Vought’s evasive and bureaucratic non-answers, arguing that the nominee didn’t have any special privileges that afforded him the ability not to be ...
If Russell Vought is confirmed as Office of Management and Budget director, he will continue to enact and accelerate the radical, sweeping agenda he began to implement in that same position during ...
Project 2025 contributing author Russell Vought is slated to resume his former role as Office of Management and Budget director following Senate approval Wednesday afternoon. Vought, 48 ...
While Democrats don’t have the Senate votes to tank Trump nominees, they can derail the chamber’s day-to-day functions.
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