# Trump’s pick for budget head worked on Project 2025 – and wants to bypass the US Senate

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trumps-pick-for-budget-head-worked-on-project-2025-and-wants-to-bypass-the-us-senate/
- Published: 2024-11-24T09:30:31-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Russ Vought at the White House on 11 March 2019. Photo credit: Evan Vucci / AP. Article by Alice Herman. The Guardian – November 23, 2024. Russell Vought led the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term and is pushing for a workaround to install president-elect’s picks Even before Donald Trump tapped Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a second time, Vought’s thinktank had gotten to work in recent weeks lobbying for recess appointments – a means by which Trump could […] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com Related articles: The not-so-subtle message of Trump’s disturbing Cabinet picks – Vox Donald Trump Faces Backlash Over Russ Vought Pick: ‘He Lied’ – Newsweek Trump once shunned Project 2025 as ‘ridiculous.’ Now he’s staffing up with them. – Politico