Senators express concern at expected confirmation of key Project 2025 architect Russell Vought

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Democratic senators held an all-night session to protest the pending confirmation of Russell Vought to lead the office of management and budget (OMB), expressing their deep concerns in speeches through the night that a key architect of Project 2025 intends to work with Donald Trump to dismantle the federal government.

“We’re going to have more than 35 United States senators on the Democratic side, opposing Russ Vought’s nomination,”the senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said in a video posted on X before he spoke on the floor on Wednesday afternoon. Schatz said Democrats would take to the floor for 30 hours – the time allowed for debate on Vought’s nomination.