WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats. Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night after a 30-hour floor fight, placing a key Trump ally in a powerful federal position. Vought will now lead the office overseeing the White House's budget,

Senator Chuck Schumer called Vought the ‘most radical nominee, who has the most extreme agenda’ and now heads the ‘most important agency in Washington’