Powerless to stop the president or Russell Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled an all ...

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I hope you will join me in urging our Senators to do everything they can to push back against the following Presidential power grab and to oppose confirmation of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead ...

Seizing the Senate floor is one of the remaining tools the minority party has to stonewall a confirmation. Democrats ...

Although Democrats have stalled on several Trump nominees, they seem especially opposed to Russel Vought, Trump's pick for the Office of Management and Budget ...

Democrats protested Vought’s nomination overnight Wednesday on the Senate floor, with several referring to him as Trump’s ...

The Senate was headed for a confirmation vote Thursday night on Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, who is planning to use one of ...