Russ Vought

Extracted Attributes

• Full Name

  Russell Thurlow Vought

• Birth Date

  1976-03-26

• Birth Place

  New York, United States

• Current Office

  Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (44th Director; confirmed February 6, 2025)

• Upbringing Location

  Trumbull, Connecticut, United States

• Organizations Founded

  Heritage Action for America (co-founder, 2010); Center for Renewing America (founder, 2021)

• Alma Mater (Law School)

  George Washington University Law School (JD, 2004)

• Alma Mater (Undergraduate)

  Wheaton College (BA in History and Political Science, 1998)

• Previous Government Positions

  42nd Director of OMB (2020–2021); Acting Director of OMB (2018–2020); Deputy Director of OMB (2018–2020); Acting Director of CFPB (February 2025–August 2026); Acting Administrator of USAID (August–November 2025)

Timeline

• Russell Thurlow Vought is born in New York, United States. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1976-03-26

• Graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Wheaton College. (Source: Congress.gov PDF)

  1998-05-01

• Graduates with a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2004-05-01

• Appointed Policy Director for the House Republican Conference under Chairman Mike Pence. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2008-12-01

• Resigns from Congressional staff to co-found Heritage Action for America with Michael Needham. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2010-03-01

• Nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-04-07

• Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Deputy Director of OMB, with Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-02-28

• Becomes Acting Director of the OMB after Mick Mulvaney is named White House Chief of Staff. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-12-14

• Confirmed by the Senate as the 42nd Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020-07-20

• Concludes first term as OMB Director and subsequently founds the Center for Renewing America. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-01-20

• President-elect Donald Trump announces the nomination of Vought to serve again as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-11-23

• Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 44th Director of the Office of Management and Budget and named Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Source: Congress.gov PDF)

  2025-02-06

• Assumes role as Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (serving until November 2025). (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-08-01

Russell Vought

Russell Thurlow Vought ( VOHT; born March 26, 1976) is an American political advisor who has served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget since February 2025. Vought has additionally served as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from February 2025 to August 2026 and served as the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from August to November 2025. He served as the Office of Management and Budget's director from 2020 to 2021 and as its deputy director, as well as its acting director, from 2018 to 2020. Vought graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in history and political science and later from the George Washington University Law School with a Juris Doctor in 2004. While attending Wheaton, he interned for several lawmakers, including Texas senator Phil Gramm, whose views on deficits influenced Vought. After graduating from George Washington University, Vought worked for the Republican Study Committee. In December 2008, Indiana representative Mike Pence, the chairman of the House Republican Conference, named Vought as the conference's policy director. Vought clashed with Republican leadership in the House of Representatives over government spending. He resigned following the passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010 to establish Heritage Action for America, an advocacy organization, with Michael Needham. Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election, Vought was offered a position as a senior advisor in the Office of Management and Budget. In April 2017, Trump named Vought as his nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was confirmed by the Senate in February 2018, with vice president Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote. Vought and Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sought to significantly cut social programs and international aid. In December, Trump removed his White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, over Mulvaney's claim that Kelly was seeking to block Trump from declaring a national emergency at the Mexico–United States border. Vought became the acting director after Trump named Mulvaney as his chief of staff. Vought's first tenure as the director of the Office of Management and Budget occurred amid the 2018–2019 federal government shutdown. He sought austere spending cuts; the Office of Management and Budget's budgets called for the largest cuts in modern U.S. history. Vought's decision to cut security aid to Ukraine faced scrutiny amid an impeachment inquiry into Trump over the Trump–Ukraine scandal. In March 2020, Trump ousted Mulvaney as his White House chief of staff and as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to succeed Mulvaney as director in June. He was confirmed by the Senate the following month. Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank, in 2021. He was influential in the Republican Party's strategy on the 2023 federal budget and the debt-ceiling crisis that year. Vought was a vocal opponent of California representative Kevin McCarthy's tenure as speaker of the House of Representatives and sought his removal; in October 2023, a motion to vacate the chair passed, resulting in McCarthy's removal. Concurrently, Vought was involved in an effort to re-enact Schedule F appointments and fire many of the workers in the federal civil service. He led the transition project of Project 2025, a political initiative to institute right-wing policies within the federal government, and was a key figure in its work. In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. He appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs prior to Trump's inauguration. The Senate voted to confirm Vought in February 2025. That month, he was named as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In August, Trump named Vought as the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, a position he held until November.

Web Search Results

• [PDF] Office of Management and Budget: Director Russ Vought - Congress.gov

  19 | P a g e Office of Management and Budget: Director Russ Vought Russ Vought was nominated in November 2024 to serve as the 44th Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 6, 2025. Russell Vought joined the OMB when President Trump took office. Vought previously served as Deputy Director and Acting Director prior to his confirmation as 42nd Director of OMB in July 2020. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the President’s policy, management and regulatory agendas across the Executive Branch. Before joining the Administration, he worked for seven years as Vice President of Heritage Action for America. Prior to this, he worked on Capitol Hill, serving as the Policy Director for the House [...] Capitol Hill, serving as the Policy Director for the House Republican Conference, under then-Chairman Mike Pence, and as the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), and as a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm. Director Vought graduated with a BA from Wheaton College (IL) in 1998 and a JD from the George Washington University Law School in 2004. Office of Management and Budget (OMB): - The Office of Management and Budget oversees budget development and execution, management over agency performance, review of significant federal regulations from executive agencies, coordination of legislation, and clearance of Presidential Executive Orders and memoranda to agency heads. Past Six Years of Funding (Amounts in Thousands): - FY19: $103,000 - FY20: $101,600 -

• Russell Vought | C-SPAN.org

  Russell Vought is a Director for the Office of Management and Budget with 46 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2013 Forum as a

• Russell Vought, Director, White House Office of Management & Budget – The Presidential Prayer Team

  In the News… Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought outlined the request being made this week by the White House to rescind funds appropriated by Congress to remove “waste and garbage” found in the government by DOGE efforts. The first rescission request will include funding for the Public Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. “We’ve had good conversations to make sure [Congress] knew it was coming,” Director Vought said. “They had some input as to some of the changes that could be made to make it something that could pass the House.” He confirmed that all that is necessary for the rescission bills is a simple majority in the Senate. [...] ## Russell Vought Director, White House Office of Management & Budget Russell Thurlow Vought was born in March 1976 and grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut. He earned an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College and a Juris Doctor from George Washington School of Law. He served as vice president of a conservative lobbying firm. Vought became executive director and budget director of a party committee and the House of Representatives Republican Conference. He served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Phil Gramm. [...] Vought was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and the Senate confirmed him in 2018 with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence. He served as acting director while Mick Mulvaney served as White House Chief of Staff. President Trump nominated Vought to director and he was confirmed in July 2020. Between President Trump’s first and second terms, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America. He also contributed to the creation of Project 2025 from The Heritage Foundation. President Trump nominated Vought for director of the Office of Management and Budget again in November 2024. He was again confirmed in February 2025. Vought is divorced from Mary. They have two daughters. He is a Christian.

• Russell Vought - Wikipedia

  Russell Thurlow Vought was born on March 26, 1976, in New York "New York (state)"). He was raised in New York and Trumbull, Connecticut. Vought was the only child born to Thurlow Bunyea Vought and Margaret Flowers Vought (née Smith), and was the youngest in a blended family of seven children. Thurlow was a former United States Marine who worked as a union electrician, while Margaret was a public school teacher who later co-founded a Christian elementary school. Though Trumbull was a wealthy town, the Voughts were of modest means. He later described being brought into Christian faith at four years old, when one of his stepsisters died, by his mother; in a podcast interview, Vought stated that he was a member of a "really strong Bible-preaching, Bible-teaching church". Vought was sent to [...] 62. ↑ Cai, Sophia (July 3, 2025). "Project 2025 architect helped pull megabill over the line". Politico. Retrieved January 10, 2026. 63. ↑ Rubin, April (October 2, 2025). "What to know about Russ Vought, the shutdown's quiet power broker". Axios "Axios (website)"). Retrieved January 10, 2026. Vought was a co-architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, widely seen as a roadmap for President Trump's policies. 64. 1 2 Bazelon, Emily; Schwartz, Mattathias (October 3, 2024). "Why Legal Experts Are Worried About a Second Trump Presidency". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2026. [...] Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election, Vought was offered a position as a senior advisor in the Office of Management and Budget. In April 2017, Trump named Vought as his nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was confirmed by the Senate in February 2018, with vice president Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote. Vought and Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sought to significantly cut social programs and international aid. In December, Trump removed his White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, over Mulvaney's claim that Kelly was seeking to block Trump from declaring a national emergency at the Mexico–United States border. Vought became the acting director after Trump named Mulvaney as his

• Russell Vought - Ballotpedia

  #### Sign up to receive Ballotpedia's daily newsletter Email \ First Name Please complete the Captcha above #### Ballotpedia on Facebook Share this page Follow Ballotpedia #### Ballotpedia on Twitter Share this page Follow Ballotpedia Ballotpedia Logo Ballotpedia Logo # Russell Vought Silhouette Placeholder Image.png Russell Vought is the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) in President Donald Trump's (R) second term in office. [...] From 1999 to 2003, Vought was a legislative assistant for Sens. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.). Vought said that through that work, he "developed a love for public policy, seeing how it could be used to help the people of this country live freer and more prosperous lives." From 2003 to 2010, Vought worked in various roles in the U.S. Congress, including as policy director for Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), executive director for the House Republican Study Committee, and policy director for the House Republican Conference. From 2010 to 2017, Vought was vice president of grassroots outreach and policy initiatives for Heritage Action for America, which sought to promote the public policy agenda recommended by the Heritage Foundation. [...] From 2021 to 2025, Vought was the president of the Center for Renewing America Inc., whose website said it was "created to confront the woke and weaponized agenda of the ruling class and replace it with one that puts God, country, and community at the center of the policy debate in Washington." Heading into the 2024 presidential election, Vought was the policy director of the Republican National Committee platform committee. He also wrote a chapter regarding the president's executive office in the political initiative Project 2025. According to the initiative's website, it sought to "prepare for a new conservative administration through policy, training, and personnel." Vought wrote that an OMB director "must view his job as the best, most comprehensive approximation of the President’s