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'Ultra-right': Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought faces fire from Dem senators
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.
Senate Dems sound alarm on Trump's budget director
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer panned President Trump's budget director nominee Thursday, arguing that Russell Vought will use the position to implement Project 2025. Why it matters: The intensity of Senate Democrats' opposition to Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is notable: That nomination is usually more low-profile.
Russell Vought could expand power of Trump's budget office
After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 and 2024, Vought described how he helped create legal justifications to prevent military leaders and government lawyers from obstructing Trump's executive actions, ProPublica reported.
Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway.
It’s looking like "thumbs up" for Russ Vought in the Senate, where Republicans are preparing to confirm him to lead the White House budget office despite his reputation for withholding congressionally-approved funding.
Republicans Set Terrifying Precedent in Trump’s Budget Chief Hearing
Donald Trump’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget continued his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, but his uncanny ability to slide past tough questions—and the committee’s complicity in allowing him to do so—didn’t get past some of the Democratic lawmakers interviewing him.
Russell Vought 's confirmation hearing to lead budget office: How to watch, what to know.
Project 2025 contributing author Russell Vought is slated to resume his prior role of Office of Management and Budget ...
Democrats assail OMB director nominee Russell Vought over political, cultural issues
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, promised to help American ...
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WATCH: Russell Vought testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for OMB director | Day 2
Vought was OMB director during Trump’s first term. He already had a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and ...
Russell Vought Poised to Expand Power of White House Budget Office
If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
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Trump seeks to bring back Russell Vought as OMB director
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, poses for a ...
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Sen. Warner calls Vought’s plan for federal employees ‘management malpractice’
Director of the Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought came under fire during his nominee hearing today in ...
OMB Nominee Russ Vought: "Inflation Driven By Irresponsible Spending Taxes Americans Twice"
Russell Vought, President Trump's nominee to be director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testified Wednesday before the Senate Budget Committee. Below is his opening ...
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Trump Budget Nominee Says He’s Proud of Legislation That Doubled Extreme Poverty
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Russell Vought grilled on Project 2025 and ‘breaking the law’ during Senate hearing
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, faced ...
Maddow Blog | Team Trump eyes Congress’ power of the purse as part of new power grab
One of Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees wants to shuffle the deck on core American principles such as checks and balances.