frozen snapshot — 2026-07-17 · see today →

What's on Russell Vought's mind?

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Grilled on both sides of the Capitol 30% Tillis shouting about DOGE 22% · newHollowing out the CFPB 17% Asking Congress to bind the CFPB 13% everything else 18%

Forty-eight hours, two committees, zero friendly questions

House Financial Services Wednesday, Senate Banking Thursday — Waters opened with 'holding you accountable for ignoring the law,' and it got warmer from there.

House Democrats chew out Vought over CFPB leadership: ‘I’m glad you’re leaving’

The Hill · 2026-07-15

our translation

he took both hearings on purpose. sitting through the yelling on his way out is cheaper than letting a successor inherit the questions — absorb it now, hand over a clean desk.

House and Senate hearings back to backvery sure · 4 sources

The loudest voice in the room had an R next to his name

new — GOP senator broke ranks on cameravery sure · 3 sources

Structurally defective, he says, as Warren counts to $26.5 billion

Warren put $26.5B on the recordvery sure · 3 sources

Bind our agency, he asks, while holding the leash

Endorsed statutory limits before departurepretty sure · 3 sources

friday, july 17

Read the Tillis clips. Do not read the comments.(reported)

Find a DOGE savings number that survives a follow-up question(reported)

Send Banking Committee staff the $21B threshold language, unprompted(safe bet)

Draft the exit memo the successor will pretend to read(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Sen. Tillis shouts at OMB Director Vought over DOGE cuts to federal workforce #shorts

news.google.com · 2026-07-17

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