After an extended filibuster by Democrat senators, the U.S. Senate confirmed Russ Vought to return to the position he had held in the first Trump Administration, leading the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Democrats held the floor through the night on Wednesday, trying to run out the clock, but on Thursday evening the vote was taken, and it came out 53047 for Vaught.
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the White House budget office — despite Democrats running out the clock with a marathon of speeches condemning the administration’s vision for slashing the federal government.
Vought is currently the president of Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank that has a relationship with the Heritage Foundation, another conservative policy entity that Democrats find abhorrent. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said that of all the nominees that President Trump has sent for confirmation, Vought is “far and away the most dangerous to the American people.”
Both Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan voted in favor of Vought’s confirmation.
Vought’s former wife grew up in Alaska and for a while had a contract with Gov. Mike Dunelavy to help him with op-eds and other written policy material.