***IMMEDIATE ACTION***BUDGET COMMITTEE MUST NOT MOVE FORWARD ON RUSSELL VOUGHT’S NOMINATION FOR OMB DIRECTOR (1/30/25)
On Thursday, January 30, 2025, members of the Senate budget Committee, on which Senator Wyden sits, must decide whether to send Russell Vought’s nomination for OMB Director to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. Because his confirmation would supercharge MAGA authoritarianism and directly threaten our democracy, working families, and the future of our planet, derailing his nomination as soon as possible is necessary.
The OMB is the federal agency tasked with oversight and administration of the federal budget as approved by Congress. The significance of the Director’s position was demonstrated on January 28th when Trump’s acting OMB Director unlawfully froze all federal funding, creating confusion and chaos across the country.
This unconstitutional reassignment of the “power of the purse” from Congress to the Executive Branch is a key element of Project 2025, which identifies the OMB as linchpin of this power grab.
Vought’s enthusiastic support for the blatantly unconstitutional federal funding freeze and other misuses of financial power renders him unfit to serve as our government’s budget chief.
t is clear that, if confirmed, Vought, the architect of Project 2025, will work to empower an already reckless and authoritarian Executive Branch and harm millions of people around the country who depend on federally funded programs.
Does the Senate want to protect critical climate investments, job-creating infrastructure programs, and the rights of working families or vote for a nominee who would burn it all down for political gain?
I am calling on my Senators to make clear to the American people what they will face if Russell Vought’s confirmed and to do everything in their power to prevent his nomination from moving forward.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
