{"id":2397225,"date":"2025-01-30T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-but-it-passed-anyway\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T20:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:48:32","slug":"democrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-but-it-passed-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-but-it-passed-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Boycott Trump Nominee Vote, But It Passed Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-but-it-passed-anyway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent Senate Budget\u2064 Committee meeting during which Republicans advanced\u2062 the nomination of russell Vought to lead \u2064the Office\u2064 of Management\u2062 and Budget (OMB) with a unanimous vote,despite a Democratic boycott. Democrats opposed Vought&#8217;s nomination\u200b due to his controversial stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal funding<\/a> and a recent OMB memo that proposed\u2064 freezing grant funds for\u200b review, which caused \u200bfurther discontent among them. Republican Committee Chair Lindsey Graham urged for \u2064a full Senate vote to \u2063expedite government \u2064operations, while \u200bSen. Bernie Moreno criticized the\u2063 Democratic boycott as immature. Democrats condemned Vought as unfit for office, citing his previous remarks about a law concerning presidential de-obligation of \u200bfunding.The article\u200c highlights the\u2064 conflict between\u2063 Republican and Democratic approaches to governance and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">budget management \u200camidst ongoing tensions<\/a> in the\u200d Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats had a showy tantrum on Thursday, but Republicans got their business done regardless.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Budget Committee voted 11-0 to send the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget to the full Senate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/business\/budget\/5116461-republicans-advance-omb-russell-vought-democrats-boycott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats, who found time to hold a media event denouncing Vought, boycotted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">committee meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic boycott was linked in part to their objections to the nominee and also to anger over an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-implements-immediate-federal-hiring-freeze-amid-flurry-executive-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OMB memo<\/a> earlier this week that proposed to freeze grant funding, pending a review of hundreds of federal grant programs.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio chastised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-perfectly-illustrates-democrats-predictability-whipping-bingo-card-kash-patel-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> who boycotted the vote, calling their action &ldquo;extraordinarily juvenile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t &lsquo;High School Musical&rsquo; here. You know the serious business, United States Senate, for them to take their toys home and leave the playground is just really ridiculous. You know, these are old men. Honestly, it&rsquo;s just very, very pathetic to see them doing that,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Budget Committee Chair Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-sen-lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> of South Carolina said he wanted a full Senate vote soon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to get on with getting the government up and running,&rdquo; he said, indicating he believed Vought would be confirmed by the full Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Graham was nonplussed about the Democratic boycott, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/01\/30\/vought-nomination-advances-despite-democrats-boycott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roll Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not here. They chose not to be here. It&rsquo;s their right not to be here,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which s jurisdiction over the office with the Budget Committee, approved Vought&rsquo;s nomination<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chuck Schumer is still pushing the Project 2025 lie. He doesn&rsquo;t speak positively about anything Donald Trump. Mr. Russell Vought is the former vice president of The Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s sister organization, Heritage Action for America. However, the Democrats are notorious for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDMjpYhxte\">pic.twitter.com\/yDMjpYhxte<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GraftedIn (@GraftedIn2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GraftedIn2\/status\/1883937966470443346?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democrats denounced Vought as &ldquo;clearly unfit for office,&rdquo; according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/senate-republicans-push-ahead-trump-budget-pick-russell-vought-2025-01-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, Vought stirred opposition among panel members by saying that a 1974 law passed by Congress that claims a president cannot de-obligate funding after Congress has approved it is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, an OMB memo said that funding for a long list of federal grant programs would be frozen while the Trump administration reviewed them to determine whether they were in line with the president&rsquo;s priorities, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-6d41961940585544fa43a3f66550e7be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the memo was rescinded, although the White House indicated that it will still scrutinize spending programs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Executive Orders issued by the President on funding reviews remain in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive\/\" title=\"If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo\u2019s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz\u2019s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive\">full force<\/a> and effect and will be rigorously implemented by all agencies and departments,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. &ldquo;This action should effectively end the court case and allow the government to focus on enforcing the President&rsquo;s orders on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-warren-blasts-extremist-republicans-for-risking-economic-disaster-over-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Sen. Warren Blasts \u2018Extremist\u2019 Republicans for Risking Economic Disaster Over Debt Ceiling\">controlling federal spending<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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