Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), inched one step closer to being the White House budget chief.
Following a closed Jan. 30 business meeting, Senate Budget Committee Republicans voted 11–0 in favor of Vought’s nomination. His nomination will now be sent to the Senate floor in the coming days.
Democrats on the panel boycotted the vote, criticizing their Republican colleagues for not making the meeting accessible to the public.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), flanked by Democratic lawmakers, urged Vought to return to the committee “to give the American people some honest answers.”...
