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Russ Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), was at the center of a constitutional question on Jan. 15.
At Vought’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) grilled him over his actions at the agency during Trump’s first presidency. Vought was first the deputy director and then the acting director of the OMB at that time….