President Donald Trump has tapped Eric Ueland, a veteran Senate and White House aide, to a key post at the Office of Management and Budget.
The president has selected Ueland to become deputy director for management, a high-ranking role that would have him serving directly under OMB Director Russ Vought.
Ueland is already a familiar face to many lawmakers and staffers on Capitol Hill in his former capacity as legislative affairs director during the first Trump administration. He was a key fixture during negotiations on the massive, $2 trillion pandemic relief package enacted in March 2020.
Earlier in his career, Ueland held a number of roles on Capitol Hill over more than two decades, building a reputation as a strategist and master of the Senate’s rules. He was the GOP staff director of the Senate Budget Committee under then-Chair Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and chief of staff to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
