Summary
Senate Democrats boycotted a vote on Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, calling him a “threat to democracy.”
Their opposition follows a short-lived freeze on federal grant funding, which they link to Vought’s budget-cutting ideology.
Despite the boycott, Republicans advanced his nomination with an 11-0 committee vote.
Democrats also criticized Trump’s recent executive orders targeting federal employees and DEI programs.
Vought, a key figure behind Project 2025, now faces a full Senate confirmation vote.
That’s how you spell his last name?
Vought?
As in the exact same spelling as Vought International in The Boys?
Great.
Why do they refuse to vote, rather than voting against? How does this work?
It’s symbolic. Just to get a headline. They were going to lose the vote anyway, so this at least gets the media to glance in their direction.
It doesn’t.
