Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought will face fierce Democratic pushback against the Trump administration’s unilateral withholding of federal funds when he appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee Wednesday.
Vought is set to testify about OMB’s fiscal 2026 budget request. Democratic lawmakers are more likely to focus on the broader debates over President Donald Trump’s withholding of money already appropriated by Congress, a fresh request to claw back old foreign aid money, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Democrats will focus on Vought’s longstanding assertion that the president should have more power to unilaterally withhold funding than ...