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Taylor Odisho

Democrats Boycott Vote to Advance Trump Budget Chief Nominee Russell Vought: 'So Clearly Unfit for Office'

Democrats boycotted the vote to advance Russell Vought for budget chief. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Democrats on the Senate budget committee boycotted voting to advance Russell Vought on Thursday, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the office of management and budget.

The opposing Democrats called Vought, who led as the office's director during Trump's first term, a threat to democracy, adding they refused to "vote for someone so clearly unfit for office" during a press conference on Thursday, according to reporting by the Guardian.

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