Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells reporters at a weekly news conference the morning after an Office of Management and Budget memo pausing federal grants and other funding that Senate Democrats would stand in the way of the sweeping power grab,

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joins Andrea Mitchell to analyze Russell Vought as the President's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Merkley emphasized the need for careful scrutiny of Vought's priorities and their potential impact.

Multiple groups called on the Senate to reject President Trump’s pick for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, Russell Vought. In three separate letters, the Coalition for Sensible

Following a brief introduction, Merkley — and Salinas, at the Salem event — will take questions from the audience for most of the hourlong event.

As the White House rescinds a move to pause federal aid, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley tells KTVZ News he believes the initial move was likely unconstitutional. The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a sweeping freeze on most federal loans and grants.

Russell Vought, likely to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget, echoed the former House speaker and Trump foe's criticism of the social safety net.

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President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The Senate Budget Committee approved Russ Vought’s nomination to be Office of Management and Budget director despite a boycott by Democrats.

Senate Republicans who care about Congress’ spending authority aren’t going to oppose Russ Vought’s nomination to lead OMB as Democrats accuse the White House of curtailing lawmakers’ powers.