Who Is Russell Vought? Senate Confirms Trump’s Controversial OMB Director Pick—As Dems Protest
Democrats protested Vought’s nomination overnight Wednesday on the Senate floor, with several referring to him as Trump’s ...
Dysfunctional U.S. Budget Process Deserves Some Blame For Pause Chaos
Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...
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Russ Vought, champion of Schedule F and slashing agency budgets, wins confirmation to OMB
They highlighted that OMB already attempted to freeze large swaths ... The Trump administration is currently in the process of removing those employees from government. Vought won unanimous ...
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Trump OMB nominee Russ Vought clears Senate hurdle, setting up final vote
Russ Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), cleared a procedural hurdle ...
OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
Senior White House officials had not reviewed the Office of Management and Budget's sweeping order freezing federal grants ...
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The OMB Issued a Memo Freezing Federal Financial Assistance. And Then Rescinded the Memo, But Not the Freeze. Confused? Read On
On January 29, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded M-25-13, which it had issued two days earlier, and which required federal agencies to "temporarily pause all activities ...
Senate Democrats promise all-night marathon of speeches in protest of Vought’s nomination
Senate Democrats have begun their overnight marathon of speeches in protest of Russ Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of ...
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OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
When the Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping order this ... were among those who had been left out of the review process, sources said. The fallout has already led to discussions ...
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OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
MORE: Federal judge signals he will block Trump administration from freezing funding despite OMB rescission Top White House policy adviser Stephen Miller and staff secretary Will Scharf were among ...