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Russell Vought

What's on Russell Vought's mind?

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Clawing back spending 28% · newThe impoundment crusade 22% Hollowing out the CFPB 17% Articles of impeachment filed 12% everything else 21%
#1
$810 million in approved spending, canceled without a vote

The administration used rare authority to void nearly $1B Congress had already appropriated.

What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump

WBUR · 2026-09-29
our translation

he does not want to lose the appropriations fight, he wants to make the fight irrelevant. money that expires while the clock runs was never really congress's money in his telling.

new — Clawback formalized this weekvery sure · 3 sources
#2
A new route around Congress, and bipartisan objections to match
Republican appropriators object toovery sure · 2 sources
#3
Judge vacates the CFPB funding cutoff, again
D. Ore. ruling landed Sept 28very sure · 3 sources
#4
Impeachment chatter follows him back into the news cycle
Chatter revived with clawbackpretty sure · 1 source
tuesday, september 29
Sell the $810M clawback to unhappy Senate appropriators(reported)
Read the Oregon CFPB ruling and find the next lever(reported)
Watch the clock on the fiscal-year funding deadline(safe bet)
Ignore the impeachment chatter, loudly(safe bet)

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

The source

The White House’s latest spending power-grab faces bipartisan pushback

news.google.com · 2026-09-29

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