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Summary
Senate Democrats boycotted a vote on Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, calling him a “threat to democracy.”
Their opposition follows a short-lived freeze on federal grant funding, which they link to Vought’s budget-cutting ideology.
Despite the boycott, Republicans advanced his nomination with an 11-0 committee vote.
Democrats also criticized Trump’s recent executive orders targeting federal employees and DEI programs.
Vought, a key figure behind Project 2025, now faces a full Senate confirmation vote.
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Democrats on the budget committee pointed to Vought – a co-author of Project 2025 and a proponent of swingeing budgetary cuts and the consolidation of executive authority – as a source of inspiration for the funding freeze memo.
Is there any more specific information on what his plans are when in power?
Right in the quote - Project 2025.
It has plenty of specifics and is exactly what is being attempted.
Okay. Cool. I have no intention of reading that.
OK, just so you know that’s where the specifics are.
If you want highlights, thats here thanks to another user.
I’m sure not voting worked out SO well for them last year.
That’s how you spell his last name?
Vought?
As in the exact same spelling as Vought International in The Boys?
Great.
It also describes his style of governance
Why do they refuse to vote, rather than voting against? How does this work?
It’s symbolic. Just to get a headline. They were going to lose the vote anyway, so this at least gets the media to glance in their direction.
It doesn’t.
