Senate confirms Project 2025 co-author as Trump budget chief.
The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the White House budget office, Russell Vought, hours after Democrats staged an all-night hearing in the chamber in protest.
Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been controversial due to his role as an author of Project 2025, a "wish list" of conservative priorities.
Democrats held the floor overnight into Thursday, delivering speeches criticising Vought's role in Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government.
But with Democrats the minority in the chamber, Republican votes for Vought were enough to confirm him to the new role by 53-47.
Project 2025 was created by the Heritage Foundation, one of Washington's most prominent right-wing think tanks, and calls for the entire federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies like the Department of Justice, to be placed under direct presidential control.
The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the White House budget office, Russell Vought, hours after Democrats staged an all-night hearing in the chamber in protest.
Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been controversial due to his role as an author of Project 2025, a "wish list" of conservative priorities.
Democrats held the floor overnight into Thursday, delivering speeches criticising Vought's role in Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government.
But with Democrats the minority in the chamber, Republican votes for Vought were enough to confirm him to the new role by 53-47.
Project 2025 was created by the Heritage Foundation, one of Washington's most prominent right-wing think tanks, and calls for the entire federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies like the Department of Justice, to be placed under direct presidential control.
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