Considered a hard line, he had already held the position during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House
The Senate approved Russell Voght as director of the US Planning and Budget Office on Friday (7.Fev.2025). VOGHT, a President Donald Trump (Republican Party) had 53 votes to his advantage and 47 against.
Russ Vought, as he is known, was also in charge of the budget during Trump’s first term, from 2017 to 2021. During the period, according to, he adopted measures such as freezing financial support to Ukraine and criticized expenses in support for foreign countries .
Still according to the The New York Timesafter leaving the government, Vough founded the “Center for Renewal of America”, A conservative study group. Also devised the “Project 2025”, A document created from the collective effort of conservative groups that detailed ideas and policies that Trump could adopt to dismiss and rebuild executive institutions to increase presidential power.
In 2022, while working in the study group, Vought released a budget plan that would reduce US public debt by nearly $ 9 trillion over a decade through deep cuts in expenses and “dismantling the ‘Woke’ and militarized bureaucracy”.
Vought’s choice caused reactions in the Democratic Party, which classifies him as “a dangerous idealist of the radical right”According to the news agency Reuters. New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said the choice of Voyt is evil for citizens.
“We want Americans, all the time, no matter if it’s 3h or 20h, listen to how bad Russell Voght is and the danger he imposes on each other’s lives”He said, quoted by The New York Times.
Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senator of the State of Massachusetts, also criticized Voght’s choice. In No X (former Twitter), Warren stressed that he will not “dead”Faced with the election of Trump’s nominee.
“I spoke for an hour to try to prevent the architect of ‘Project 2025’, Russ Voght. The Americans voted for us to fight for them. They do not expect us to come aside and pretend to the dead“, he wrote.
Hawaii senator Brian Schatz (Democrat) also used the social network to against the election of Voget.
“Russ Voyt wants to cut social insurance, medical care and affordable care law. Everyone’s life will get worse with him in charge of the budget and that’s what we want to fight“, he wrote.
The OMB, as it is known by the initials of the English term “”oversees the implementation of the budget policy determined by the President in all bodies of the Executive Power. It is a department within the White House structure and directly linked to the president of the country.
