The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines on Wednesday to limit debate on Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the face of staunch opposition from Democrats.

However, other parts of the website appear to be functioning. “Everyone is just dismayed and angry,” the source said of the mood inside the CFPB. Neither the White House nor the CFPB have ...

The 53-47 vote sends Vought back to OMB, where he previously held the role of director toward the end of the first Trump administration. His confirmation also serves as a de facto green light for ...

Trump appointed Vought OMB director in 2020, after he served as deputy director in 2017 then acting director in 2019. Vought was a Senate aide before becoming executive director of the ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has gained access to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has started a thorough review of the independent government agency ...

In a chapter on the executive branch, Vought described OMB as the “air-traffic control system” of government, tasked to “ensure that all policy initiatives are flying in sync” and ...

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In a 53 to 47 vote, the Senate confirmed Vought's nomination along party lines. Vought, 48, served as OMB director toward the end of President Trump's first term after serving as deputy OMB ...

Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy. By Alan Rappeport ...

The OMB acts as a powerful nerve center for the White House, developing its budget, policy priorities and agency rule-making. Vought has already played an influential role in Trump’s aim to ...