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.
Democrats protested Vought’s nomination overnight Wednesday on the Senate floor, with several referring to him as Trump’s ...
Vought previously served as director of the OMB during Trump’s first term. The OMB produces and oversees the president’s budget, among other responsibilities.
Powerless to stop President Trump or Russell T. Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled ...
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