Russ Vought is on track to return to a little-known but powerful position in the incoming administration at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him on Nov. 22.
The OMB’s director is crucial to ensuring that each executive agency is coordinated behind the president’s economic and political goals, playing a role in finances and regulations enacted by executive agencies.
Vought is soon to reprise the role, in which he served during Trump’s first administration after Mick Mulvaney, his predecessor, was named Trump’s chief of staff.
In his announcement of the endorsement in a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Vought “is an aggressive cost cutter and deregulator who will help us implement our America First Agenda across all Agencies.”…
