Vought has been serving as OMB's acting director since January 2019, when Mick Mulvaney departed to step in as Trump's acting chief of staff, a role that has since ended, with Mulvaney now serving ...

Russell Vought has been confirmed as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Senate voted 53-47 in favour of Vought, a key figure in President Donald Trump’s economic ...

He was confirmed as OMB director in July 2020 with a 51-45 vote. If confirmed again, Vought will work with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk to carry out Trump’s campaign pledge to slash government ...

Vought was confirmed to be the deputy director of the OMB in early 2018 by a razor-thin margin after Vice President Pence broke a 49-49 tie. The vote was strictly along party lines. More from Politics ...

Vought was confirmed as OMB director on Thursday, despite Democrats’ objections to his confirmation because of his ties to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

Vought previously served as director of the OMB during Trump’s first term. The OMB produces and oversees the president’s budget, among other responsibilities.

The Senate has confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director, placing a key architect of Project 2025 in charge of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), one of the most powerful ...

Vought started Trump’s first term in the deputy role at OMB after being confirmed in a tight 50-49 confirmation vote that relied on a tie-breaking vote by then-Vice President Mike Pence.

The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines to return Vought to the job. Vought, 48, previously served as director of the OMB during part of President Donald Trump’s first term.