As Republicans push to finish the first rescission bill in decades, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said he was not prepared to give Democratic senators assurances that future appropriations they approve won’t be clawed back later using rescission.
“No, I’m not,” he said Thursday at an event with reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in response to a question from NOTUS.
“It’s not going to keep me up at night, and I think will lead to better results by having the appropriations process be a little bit partisan, and I don’t think it’s necessarily leading to a shutdown.”