Top Senate Republicans Demand Trump Admin ‘Promptly Reverse Course’ On Defunding Watchdog Group

Alex Griffing Sep 30th, 2025, 6:23 pm

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Two of the top Senate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), wrote a letter this week to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and demanded he “promptly reverse course” on a plan to defund a key group related to the federal government’s inspector generals.

reported on Vought’s plan on Tuesday, explaining that starting Wednesday, the Trump administration “plans to end funding” for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) . The group is “ the umbrella organization for 72 inspectors general across government” that “helps i

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