Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget
- Democrats protested Vought's nomination, describing him as the Godfather of the ultra-right and Project 2025 incarnate, according to Senator Chuck Schumer.
- Vought, a self-avowed Christian Nationalist, has a history of advocating for radical policies and dismantling civil service protections.
- Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that Vought's extremism poses a significant risk to American democracy and governance.
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Senate Votes to Confirm Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought as White House Budget Chief
The Senate has voted 53 to 47, along party lines, to confirm Russell Vought as head of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought is an architect of Project 2025, a radical playbook to seize executive power and to radically reshape federal agencies. Last year, Vought told undercover reporters his plans for mass deportations, restricting abortion, gutting independent government bureaucracies and using the military against racial justice proteste…
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