{"id":15899,"date":"2025-03-28T09:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-vought-trumps-budget-chief-wants-to-cut-woke-spending\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:14:08","slug":"russell-vought-trumps-budget-chief-wants-to-cut-woke-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-vought-trumps-budget-chief-wants-to-cut-woke-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Vought, Trump\u2019s Budget Chief, Wants to Cut \u2018Woke\u2019 Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Years before President Trump returned to the White House, his budget chief, Russell T. Vought, began mapping out a plan to shrink the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Mr. Vought\u2019s design, spending would be slashed by about $9 trillion over the next decade. Entire federal programs \u2014 from housing vouchers to student loans \u2014 would be eliminated. The government would fire thousands of civil workers, including those who investigated tax fraud. And Washington would restrict aid to the poor, requiring Americans to work in exchange for benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ideas formed the bedrock of Mr. Vought\u2019s plan to end the \u201cwoke and weaponized\u201d bureaucracy, a policy guide <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/americarenewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Budget-Center-for-Renewing-America-FY23.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he issued in 2022<\/a> for fellow conservatives entering a key budget battle. His full vision did not come to fruition at the time, but the roughly 100-page blueprint has taken on heightened significance since Mr. Trump won re-election \u2014 and reinstalled Mr. Vought to his perch \u2014 foreshadowing their shared aim to reel in the size and reach of government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the perennial fight over the federal balance sheet, few officials are more important than Mr. Vought. As head of the Office of Management and Budget, he wields vast power over the United States government, its workers and the millions of people whose lives are shaped by the ebb and flow of federal funds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vought brings an aggressive style to the job, one revealed in podcast interviews and public writings, particularly in the years after Mr. Trump\u2019s 2020 defeat. A longtime budget expert, he sketched out a vision for expansive presidential power in Project 2025, the conservative blueprint prepared by the Heritage Foundation for Mr. Trump. And in 2021, Mr. Vought <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/americarenewing.com\/about\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">founded<\/a> his own organization, the Center for Renewing America, which describes itself as dedicated to \u201cGod, country and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There, Mr. Vought refined an ambition to marry extreme fiscal austerity with Christian values, pledging to eliminate federal programs seen as too wasteful, \u201cwoke\u201d or secular. In scrutinizing the budget, his approach has made him a natural ally of Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now back at O.M.B., Mr. Vought has assembled a team of like-minded advisers who are working to prepare Mr. Trump\u2019s 2026 budget proposal. That blueprint may guide Congress in its work to extend a set of expensive and expiring tax cuts enacted in Mr. Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Documents reviewed by The New York Times showed that as recently as late February, O.M.B. staff were compiling recommendations for sweeping cuts to programs that Republicans have long wanted to slash. Those cuts include imposing work requirements for recipients of food stamps, ending public service student loan forgiveness and phasing out certain federal Medicaid funds for states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The president and Mr. Vought also subscribe to the idea that the White House should have expansive powers over the nation\u2019s purse strings, halting or canceling federal spending even if Congress instructs otherwise. That stance has emboldened the White House to already interrupt the distribution of billions of dollars, including foreign aid, infrastructure spending and payments to food banks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The delays have provoked lawsuits, and in a largely unnoticed move, they have triggered an investigation by the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan watchdog established by Congress that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8fxIowZg9Fc\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged its inquiries<\/a> in February. Some Democrats contend that the budget office has violated the law in other ways, after it quietly disabled a government <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apportionment-public.max.gov\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> on Monday that tracked the regular outflow of federal dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTaking down this website is not just illegal, it is a brazen move to hide this administration\u2019s spending from the American people and from Congress,\u201d said Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the leading Democratic appropriators, in a statement this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vought declined through a spokeswoman to be interviewed. In a preamble to his 2022 policy guide, he wrote: \u201cThe evidence of America\u2019s fiscal brokenness is everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Vought\u2019s calls for austerity are hardly novel in Washington, where policymakers often lament the nation\u2019s growing $36 trillion debt, but they carry new force at a moment when Mr. Trump looks to reshape the federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As DOGE agents blitz federal agencies \u2014 shuttering entire programs, dismissing thousands of workers and burrowing into sensitive federal computer systems \u2014 Mr. Vought has toiled quietly to lay the foundation for \u201cmaking these cuts permanent in the long term,\u201d he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6368668362112\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">explained in an interview<\/a> with Fox Business in February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The same month, Mr. Vought ordered agencies to submit detailed plans by March and April indicating how they would cut spending, lay off workers and sell office buildings to save money and ensure they \u201cadvance the president\u2019s policy priorities,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/policy-data-oversight\/latest-memos\/guidance-on-agency-rif-and-reorganization-plans-requested-by-implementing-the-president-s-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to a memo<\/a> sent to agency leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">James C. Capretta, a former O.M.B. official now serving as a senior fellow at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, said Mr. Vought\u2019s actions reflected the view that \u201cthe federal executive branch really should be at the service of a president in a manner that goes beyond professional management of the agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The reorganization arrived weeks after the budget office, under interim leadership while Mr. Vought awaited Senate confirmation, froze nearly all federal spending. While political pressure and multiple lawsuits forced the White House to rescind that policy, budget officials have continued to halt the disbursement of some federal payments. Another arrived this week, when the Trump administration <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Presidential-Designation-of-Funding-as-an-Emergency-Requirement-Multiple-Accounts-in-the-Full-Year-Continuing-Appropriations-and-Extensions-Act.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">essentially refused<\/a> to spend about $3 billion in emergency money to combat narcotics and fund other programs, a move that drew a rare <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/32725letterreemergencydesignations.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisan rebuke<\/a> in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery day, there is a headline about another institution, about funding that has been discontinued,\u201d said Skye Perryman, the president of Democracy Forward, a left-leaning advocacy group that has sued O.M.B. over its actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The freezes underscored Mr. Vought\u2019s long-held belief that the budget office must serve as the White House \u201cair-traffic control system,\u201d as he wrote in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static.project2025.org\/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-02.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chapter for Project 2025<\/a>. There, and in much of his work, Mr. Vought has long criticized civil workers, portraying some of their actions as motivated by their \u201cown agenda.\u201d He previously promised to put them \u201cin trauma,&#8221; he said in a video <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/video-donald-trump-russ-vought-center-renewing-america-maga\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">first surfaced<\/a> by ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey\u2019re constantly hiding the ball,\u201d Mr. Vought said during a May 2023 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d-qn_ArKlU4\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast interview<\/a>, adding that Republicans needed to \u201cmicromanage the heck out of everything that is part of your agency, or make sure that your right arms are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With the help of Mr. Trump, the two men have established a team in recent weeks that echoes Mr. Vought\u2019s views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The roster includes Mark Paoletta, the budget office\u2019s general counsel, who served with Mr. Vought during the first Trump administration and later at the Center for Renewing America. Mr. Paoletta <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/28\/us\/ginni-thomas-emails-jan-6-hearing.html\" title=\"\">represented Virginia Thomas<\/a>, the wife of the Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, during a House investigation into Mr. Trump\u2019s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election. Mr. Paoletta <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/29\/us\/politics\/trump-funding-freeze-rollout.html\" title=\"\">drafted<\/a> the since-revoked order that froze nearly all federal spending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who is serving in a key O.M.B. office that oversees regulation, previously faced possible <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/01\/us\/politics\/jeffrey-clark-contempt-congress.html\" title=\"\">contempt of Congress charges<\/a> for refusing to testify about accusations that he sought to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/24\/us\/politics\/jeffrey-clark-trump-election.html\" title=\"\">undo the results<\/a> of the 2020 race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And Dan Bishop, whom Mr. Trump appointed as deputy director, is a former Republican congressman who, while serving in the North Carolina legislature, sponsored a bill that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dan-bishop-north-carolina-lawmaker-who-sponsored-bathroom-bill-wins-gop-primary-in-redo-election\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">restricted transgender people<\/a> from using their preferred public restrooms. The Senate confirmed his nomination on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Testifying this month, Mr. Bishop acknowledged that he agreed with those who believe the 2020 election had been rigged. The former congressman said the president had a mandate to pursue \u201can end to the waste and the Washington status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The comments angered Democrats, who recalled Mr. Trump\u2019s first term, when he and Mr. Vought <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/15\/business\/russell-vought-budget-office-confirmation-hearing.html\" title=\"\">halted congressionally authorized aid<\/a> to Ukraine in a standoff that laid the groundwork for House Democrats to impeach the president. The budget adviser <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Response-to-House-Budget-Committee-Investigation.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">maintained in 2021<\/a> \u2014 and, years later, at his own nomination hearing \u2014 that the White House had acted lawfully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the Senate confirmed him along party lines, Mr. Vought helped to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/03\/14\/us\/trump-government-shutdown-news\/senate-vote-shutdown?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">secure a deal<\/a> to stave off a government shutdown, wooing Republicans with a promise that the administration would take aggressive steps to slash spending. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump signaled that the White House could begin by submitting to Congress a formal list of proposed cuts, reflecting some of the savings identified by DOGE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI assume they\u2019ll total everything up and get it to us,\u201d Representative Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican and member of the House Budget Committee, said in an interview. \u201cWhat the president will have will be sweet music to all of us who want a very conservative budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At his Center for Renewing America, Mr. Vought in 2022 previewed his pursuit of stark cuts, targeting benefit programs including Medicaid. He proposed limiting its funding and eligibility, an idea he has resurfaced in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou can get sizable levels of savings and reforms,\u201d Mr. Vought told the Senate Budget Committee this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The term \u201cwoke\u201d appeared 77 times in Mr. Vought\u2019s document. The proposal looked to slash the \u201cwoke agenda\u201d at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, targeting money meant for \u201cniche and small population groups.\u201d It proposed jettisoning billions of dollars in \u201cwoke foreign aid spending\u201d; eliminating entire programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities; and striking the \u201csecular, woke religion\u201d of climate change from the federal ledger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat is the central and immediate threat facing the country \u2014 the one that all our statesmen must rise tall to vanquish,\u201d Mr. Vought wrote in the preamble to his budget. \u201cThe battle cannot wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Alan Rappeport<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-budget-cuts-russell-vought.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years before President Trump returned to the White House, his budget chief, Russell T. 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