WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vert as White House budget overseer on Thursday night, eagerly expanding President Donald Trump’s power one of the most influential positions in the federal government He placed the officials who planned it.
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Vott was confirmed in a party-affiliated vote between 53-47. With the Senate chambers filled up, Democrats repeatedly tried to give their “no” votes and give them a reason to vote, but they were hosting the chamber, Florida was collapsed by Sen. Ashley Moody, a Republican. She cited Senate rules prohibiting discussions during the voting.
The vote on Thursday night comes after Democrats ran out of only the remaining tools to Stonewall for the nomination. He held the Senate floors in a series of speeches warning him that he was Trump’s “most dangerous candidate” the day before and throughout the day.
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“We will confirm with Washington’s most important institutions that have the most extreme agenda,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a floor speech. “A triple header of disaster for hardworking Americans.”
Vought’s return to the White House Business and Budget Office, which he led during Trump’s first term, often under the public radar, has a vital force in implementing the president’s goals. It plays the role. The OMB will serve as a neural center for the White House and develop budgets, policy priorities, and agency rulemaking. Vought is already an influential role in Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government as one of the architects of Project 2025, the conservative blueprint of Trump’s second term.
The Budget Office has already shaking federal spending. Before it was rescinded amid legal challenges, it had frozen federal spending and issued memos that panicked schools, states and nonprofits.
In the Senate, Republicans lined up to advance Vought’s nomination, arguing that his thinking was important to reduce federal spending and regulations.
Senate majority leader John Tune called for his confirmation this week, “There will be an opportunity to address two important economic issues — addressing government burden reductions and excessive spending. do”.
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Vought has often advanced the greatest approach to conservative policy goals. After leaving the first Trump administration, he established a center to renew America. It is part of the Washington think tank constellations, and has advanced and developed Trump’s “make America Great Again” agenda. From that standpoint, Vought often counseled Congressional Republicans and fought at all costs to cut federal programs and spending.
Written on the Heritage Foundation project 2025, Vought described the work of the White House Budget Director as “as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the president’s mind.”
The OMB declares “the president’s air transport control system,” and must “be involved in all aspects of the White House policy process,” and “will be strong enough to override the bureaucrats of the implementing agency.” “It needs to be.
During Trump’s first term, Vought was pushed to reclassify tens of thousands of federal workers as political appointees, which could allow for mass layoffs.
Vought was also a supporter of the president’s supporters.
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When Congress passes expenditures to fulfill its constitutional obligations, it decides to fund government programs. However, because Article II of the Constitution gives the President the role of enforcing laws passed by Congress, the President decides that he can decide not to spend that money on things he thinks is unnecessary.
During the confirmation hearing, Vought emphasized that he would follow the law, but declined to answer Democrats’ questions about whether he would withhold parliamentary aid to Ukraine.
Democrats accused Vought that Vought’s response amounted to perceptions that the president believes he is beyond the law.
In response to questions from Republican lawmakers, Vought previewed potential budget proposals targeting discretionary social programs cuts.
“The President dealt with our inflation situation based on the issue of financial accountability,” he said.
Vought is also a remarkable advancement of “Christian nationalism.” This is the rising idea in the GOP that the United States was established as a Christian state and should now permeate Christianity into government.
In a 2021 opinion article, Vought wrote that Christian nationalism is “a commitment to the institutional separation of the church and state, but not the separation of Christianity from its impact on government and society.”
