VA’s #2 Leader Downplays Political Strife Between Congress, Department

VA’s #2 leader downplays political strife between Congress, department

Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence thinks that department leaders have a solid relationship with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, despite what you’ve heard. “The public perception, I don’t think, is exactly accurate,” he said in an exclusive interview with Military Times this week. “Veterans issues are bipartisan. Even when I met with Democratic senators through my confirmation process, it was, ‘Let’s talk about what we can do to improve …

Chuck Schumer wants White House budget chief fired for advocating for a partisan spending process

President Trump's budget chief said Thursday that Congress' broken appropriations process would be better if it were more partisan and Republicans had more control over spending.

Senators push back against Vought's call for more partisan spending process

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the OMB director's call for a "less bipartisan" government funding process.

'Obscene': Trump official ripped for saying spending tax money should be 'less bipartisan'

Although Donald Trump vehemently denied knowing anything about Project 2025 during the 2024 presidential race, far-right Christian nationalist Russell Vought — a major architect of the Project 2025 agenda — now heads the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Project 2025 called for federal government employees to be fired in huge numbers and replaced with an army of MAGA loyalists, and Vought has been pushing Project 2025's recommendations…

Vought Wants Less Bipartisanship in Budget Process

“Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought isn’t interested in giving assurances to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the White House will abide by any bipartisan spending agreements made this year,” Politico reports. Said Vought: “The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan.” “With Republicans in full control of government, he said now is the time for reining in spending, even without input from Democrats on Capitol Hill. He di…

Senators push back against Vought’s call for more partisan spending process

Senators are not thrilled with a top White House official’s comments that the government funding process should become more partisan, and fear that doing so could erode Congress’ power of the purse. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told reporters during a Christian Science Monitor Breakfast Thursday morning that he believed ‘the appropriations process has to be less bipartisan.’ His sentiment came on the heels of Senate Repub…