Democrats on Wednesday pressed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director nominee Russell Vought on President Donald Trump’s “illegal” executive orders pausing certain funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

“Look, as I said to you at our meeting, Members of Congress — on both sides — must know a deal is a deal,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said to Vought during the hearing on Vought’s nomination.

“A deal is a deal when we reach a bipartisan agreement on major legislation. Agreements cannot happen, and Congress cannot function without that level of trust. And ‘impound baby impound’ is not the answer I am looking for.”

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