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Trump’s shutdown architect: Russ Vought’s plan to deconstruct the government was years in the making

Trump’s shutdown architect: Russ Vought’s plan to deconstruct the government was years in the making

The Trump administration memo that landed in federal agency in-boxes last week wasn’t subtle. As Washington careened toward a government shutdown, there would be nothing normal about the agency contingency planning which has become commonplace in more than a decade of partisan warfare that’s consumed government funding deadlines. Instead, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought’s 622-word directive dramatically …

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