MSNBC -Democrats spent Wednesday night into Thursday morning holding the Senate floor, giving speech after speech to oppose Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget. Even before being confirmed, Vought’s fingerprints could be seen in the slate of orders the Trump administration has handed down to transform the federal government into a system ruled by executive fiat. As dizzying as the last few weeks have been, things stand poised to accelerate now that Vought is firmly in place at the White House.
Vought has engineered an all-out assault on the federal workforce, one underpinned by a radical constitutional vision that has gone from the conservative fringes to the heart of the MAGA reclamation. Under the “unitary executive” theory driving the onslaught, the president holds unchecked authority within the executive branch, power that lies outside any constraints from Congress or the courts. Put into practice, this vision leaves no recourse when a president acts with absolute impunity, no matter how many laws he breaks in the process.
Vought's vision leaves no recourse when a president acts with absolute impunity, no matter how many laws he breaks in the process.
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
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