Trump Nominee to Lead Office of Management and Budget Faces Tough Questions from Democrats and Republicans Alike

Russell Vought , President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to direct the Office of Management and Budget , faced tense questioning from both Democrat and Republican senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday .

Vought previously served in the same office during the first Trump administration.

He helped design a new classification for federal employees called “ Schedule F” to reclassify tens of thousands as essentially at-will workers who were more accountable to a president.