We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

I'm Emily Gisinski, culture editor here at the Federalist.

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Today we're joined by Russ Vought.

He is the president of the Center for Renewing America.

And also, you surely remember, he is the director of OMB under Donald Trump.

Russ, thank you for joining us.

My pleasure, thanks for having me.

I've been, actually, I think I told Rachel Beauvard this at one point,

but I've been like refreshing your Twitter feed in recent days because it's been a really good.

Your insights, I think, have been helpful as a journalist trying to digest what was happening

with the speakership battle, trying to digest now what's happening with the debt ceiling

negotiations.

And maybe that's the best place to start.

Your organization, the Center for Renewing America, actually put out a budget proposal

for 2023.

I think this was at the end of last year, specifically aimed at ending the woke and weaponized government

and kind of goes line by line.

And it's a pretty amazing document.

So tell us, you know, are the 20 people who held up McCarthy's speakership favorable to

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