A Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is pressing Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) to call President Trump’s budget director before the panel to explain his threat to escalate federal firings amid the government shutdown. In a letter sent to Comer on Thursday, Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) portrayed Russell Vought, the head of…
Democrat presses Comer to have Vought testify on federal firings

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