Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, has been waiting for this moment his whole adult life — or that’s what President Trump and the Republican Congressional leadership would like you to believe. As they put it, Vought is a fanatical budget cutter who, once unleashed, cannot be controlled. Who knows what he’ll cut if the Democrats continue to keep the government shut down? Substantial staffing cuts that go beyond the typical shutdown furloughs are “the risk...| Heatmap News
A list of terminated grants obtained by Heatmap contains a number of grants that will cost jobs and revenue in Republican-led states.| Heatmap News
The shutdown punishment has begun, and it’s aimed at New York City. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget announced Wednesday on X that “roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles.” That includes funding for the Second Avenue Subway extension and the Gateway Program, a proposed rail tunnel connecting New York City and New Jersey. While Vought did n...| Heatmap News
Insisting that federal workers make false public statements is a sign of insecurity that your “policy” “ideas” are toxic. More importantly, as Marisa Kabas reports for her Substack The Handbasket, forcing nonpartisan employees to lie about why the government has shutdown likely violates the Hatch Act. (Emphasis mine, and also note: Marisa’s piece was written […]| TrumpFile.org
We talked about shutdown and the Jim Comey indictment. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Thus far, Republicans seem intent on using the shutdown to demonstrate in more visible fashion the need for it. The post Russ Vought Threatens to Do What He Already Did appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Multistate compacts might be a critical way to help replace lost federal capacity - but we need more details.| Legal Planet
Deep-pocketed tech companies are coming to the defense of an obscure banking rule, introduced under the Biden administration, that some industry leaders claim is an exception to the rule when it comes to opposing government overreach. At the heart of the debate is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1033 open banking rule, a European-inspired […]| Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary