Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee advanced the nomination of Dan Bishop for deputy budget director Wednesday, about a week after he told them he supports withholding funds Congress has appropriated.
The committee voted 11-10, along party lines, to send Bishop’s nomination to the full Senate, where he could get a confirmation vote in the coming weeks.
A former member of Congress from North Carolina, Bishop would be second in command to Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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Both men have repeatedly told lawmakers they intend to build on the Trump administration’s ongoing push to freeze or withhold billions of dollars in congressionally appropriated funds.
