Impeaching Russell Thurlow Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Key Points

• Rep. Kamlager-Dove introduced a resolution to impeach OMB Director Russell Vought, accusing him of illegally blocking money Congress had already approved for specific programs.
• The central accusation involves an OMB memo pausing federal aid programs and the termination of about $8 billion in Department of Energy clean energy and hydrogen hub grants, allegedly based on whether a state's politics favored the administration.
• The resolution argues Vought violated Congress's exclusive constitutional authority over federal spending by substituting his own priorities for laws Congress passed.
• It also claims Vought does not believe a 1974 law limiting the executive's power to withhold funds is even valid, and acted accordingly.
• If the House were to pass this resolution, Vought would face a trial in the Senate, which would need a two-thirds vote to convict and remove him from office.