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WATCH LIVE: Senate considers Trump OMB nominee Russell Vought for confirmation

Democratic senators are still at it, having talked through the night to protest Trump’s pick of Russ Vought as budget director. Watch the Senate proceedings in the player above. Seizing the Senate floor is one of the remaining tools the minority party has to stonewall a confirmation.

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Collins to back OMB nominee Russell Vought, paving way for confirmation

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) told The Hill on Tuesday that she plans to vote for Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, paving the way

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Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

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Grand Junction residents protest confirmation of Russell Vought

On February 5, a protest occurred in Grand Junction regarding President Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office. The protest occurred in front of Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.

White House Forces Showdown Over Congress’s Power of the Purse

The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...

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Susan Collins Tells Reporters She Is ‘Concerned’ About Elon Musk’s Power Over Federal Spending

I am concerned if the Trump administration is clawing back money that has been specifically appropriated for a particular ...

Susan Collins meets with other lawmakers critical of Elon Musk's moves to cut agencies, workforce

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said she planned to meet with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday to discuss technology billionaire Elon Musk's moves to dismantle a federal program that provides ...

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Collins, Senate Appropriations chair, calls OMB funding pause ‘far too sweeping’

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, called a new memo from the White ...

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White House warns of ‘consequences’ for Republicans who don’t support all of Trump’s nominees

More Trump nominees with potentially rocky paths to confirmation face hearings in the Senate this week, including Tulsi ...

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Fed interest-rate cuts might not come anytime soon, two top officials say

Two senior Federal Reserve officials said Monday that they are in no rush to cut interest rates further given the uncertainty ...

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Senate Republican chair criticizes Trump freeze on federal grants, loans

I am surprised they did not wait until" a White House budget director was confirmed, Sen. Susan Colllins said.

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Does Elon Musk Even Have Security Clearance to Access Sensitive Data?

Elon Musk is now considered a “special government employee” by the White House. But exactly what kind of access that provides ...

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