OMB is run by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought. Did you know that the Director of the OMB can be impeached?
Congress has historically supported science—it’s why they keep rejecting Trump’s budget cuts. Vought is trying to do an end-run around Congress. There’s an easy fix for that.
OMB is forcing “the Smithsonian to spend congressionally appropriated funding in a way that’s ‘consistent with the FY 2026 President’s Budget’ in order to receive it. The president’s budget differed widely from what Congress ultimately chose to fund.”
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Jacquelyn Gill
The administration is creating a conflict with how Congress intended its money be spent.