A little-noticed figure in the effort to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is asking Congress for a promotion to a role central to the Trump administration’s quest to slash spending.
Office of Management and Budget aide Hal Duncan will testify before the Senate Budget and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees this week as he seeks confirmation as President Donald Trump’s deputy director of that White House agency, headed by Russell Vought.
Duncan arrived at OMB’s legislative affairs office after working for two well-known fiscal hawks on Capitol Hill, then-Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and, later, Rep.