Industry trade groups are alarmed that the Trump administration’s illegal order to halt work at the consumer protection agency will cause chaos in consumer markets.
Russell Vought
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Vought Stops CFPB From Functioning With Illegal Order
The budget director and acting head of the CFPB also tried to defund the agency, but found it was already funded through the fiscal year.
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Presidential Bid to Take Over Federal Spending Is Four Years in the Making
On the last day of Trump’s first term, Office of Management and Budget officials asserted that presidents can alter spending they don’t like. They’re returning to OMB to finish the job.
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Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan to Seize Control of Spending
Trump and his advisers want to bring back impoundment, enabling them to cancel spending appropriated by Congress.
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The Dangerous Authoritarian Gunning to Serve as Trump’s Grand Vizier
Russell Vought is rumored to be under consideration for chief of staff in a second Trump administration. This would be a disaster.
