Freedom Caucus gets White House bully pulpit with Russ Vought appointment

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The Freedom Caucus’s power is expanding beyond the halls of Congress with the appointment of Russ Vought as White House budget director.

Vought, a conservative whose brass-knuckled approach to politics naturally aligns him with the Freedom Caucus, has spent years antagonizing House leadership from the outside.

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