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WATCH LIVE: Senate considers Trump OMB nominee Russell Vought for confirmation

Democratic senators are still at it, having talked through the night to protest Trump’s pick of Russ Vought as budget director. Watch the Senate proceedings in the player above. Seizing the Senate floor is one of the remaining tools the minority party has to stonewall a confirmation.

The Hill · 2d

Collins to back OMB nominee Russell Vought, paving way for confirmation

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) told The Hill on Tuesday that she plans to vote for Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, paving the way

POLITICO on MSN · 8h

Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

Grand Junction-Montrose KKCO … · 1d

Grand Junction residents protest confirmation of Russell Vought

On February 5, a protest occurred in Grand Junction regarding President Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office. The protest occurred in front of Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.

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Susan Collins Tells Reporters She Is ‘Concerned’ About Elon Musk’s Power Over Federal Spending

I am concerned if the Trump administration is clawing back money that has been specifically appropriated for a particular ...

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Angus King urges Senate to protect the Constitution, reject Trump budget nominee

While the Maine independent is joining Democrats in opposing Russell Vought's nomination to lead of the White House budget ...

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Collins, Senate Appropriations chair, calls OMB funding pause ‘far too sweeping’

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White ...

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Sen. Collins meets with other lawmakers critical of Elon Musk's moves to cut agencies, workforce

Sen. Susan Collins said she planned to meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers late Wednesday to discuss technology billionaire Elon Musk's moves to dismantle a federal program that provides ...

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White House warns of ‘consequences’ for Republicans who don’t support all of Trump’s nominees

More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi ...

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Fed interest-rate cuts might not come anytime soon, two top officials say

Two senior Federal Reserve officials said Monday that they are in no rush to cut interest rates further given the uncertainty ...

Senate Republican chair criticizes Trump freeze on federal grants, loans

I am surprised they did not wait until" a White House budget director was confirmed, Sen. Susan Colllins said.

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White House regroups as funding freeze chaos recalls first term’s travel ban

White House officials rushed to clean up the ... that their grants may be suspended or not forthcoming,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Wednesday. “I don’t know whether this is at ...

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Does Elon Musk Even Have Security Clearance to Access Sensitive Data?

Elon Musk is now considered a “special government employee” by the White House. But exactly what kind of access that provides ...

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Trump says he agreed to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month

President Donald Trump announced that he’s pausing tariffs on Mexico and Canada after speaking to leaders of both countries ...

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