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Trump, budget and Russell Vought

'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.

Salon on MSN · 6d

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.

POLITICO on MSN · 21h

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.

The New Republic on MSN · 23h

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, OMB

UPI · 17h

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 taxpayers while undergoing a contentious confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

PBS · 1d

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 Governmental Affairs Committee.

kimatv · 1d

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 photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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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 ...

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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Senate Dems sound alarm on Trump's budget director

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 ...

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Kaine grills Vought on planned ‘woke and weaponized’ budget cuts

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) grilled Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to lead the White House Office of Management and ...

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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 ...

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Trump Budget Nominee Says He’s Proud of Legislation That Doubled Extreme Poverty

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Sen. Padilla presses Russell Vought about politicizing disaster relief funds

Calif., questioned Russell Vought, President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, about whether or ...

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