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GOP quashes Oversight Democrats’ effort to subpoena Elon Musk

House Republicans blocked Democrats' efforts to subpoena Elon Musk regarding actions by the Department of Government Efficiency related to federal agencies and workforce changes, as reported by The Hill.
Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly criticized Musk's influence, questioning how an unelected individual could affect federal agencies without congressional oversight, according to his statement.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer defended Musk, stating that Democrats had previously chosen not to invite him as a witness, which he remarked during the hearing.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused DOGE of acting as an 'unelected shadow government' and conducting a 'hostile takeover' of federal operations, as he noted in his remarks.

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American Prospect

Bessent Gives Musk a Present, Stalling CFPB Oversight of Big Tech

A hastily added second order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director halts the agency from supervising non-bank firms like X.

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The Daily Boulder

Republicans Block Democrats’ Bid to Subpoena Musk Over Government Takeover

On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee made a move to subpoena Elon Musk, hoping to bring him before Congress to explain his involvement in key areas of the federal government. However, Republicans reacted angrily and swiftly blocked the attempt, refusing to even allow debate on the matter. Ranking Member Gerry Connolly introduced a motion to subpoena Musk, but the situation quickly became heated as Republican members voiced th…

17 days ago

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Alternet

Dems in disarray: Infighting breaks out as Musk subpoena is nixed

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk seems to have Democrats right where he wants them: Warring with each other. The internet piled on Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) earlier Wednesday after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee fell a couple votes shy of subpoenaing Musk, the unelected and unconfirmed head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. — (@) That left Khanna — who missed the committee vote because he was meeting with Mexico’s amba…

17 days ago·Washington, United States

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WLTReport

Chaos & Shouting in House Oversight Committee When Democrat Subpoena of Elon Musk Blocked

When Elon Musk’s DOGE team gained access to the payment system inside the Department of the Treasury, something snapped. I think it was the final straw somewhere inside the brain of every democrat in Congress, panicking over the possible ramifications of ‘disclosure’. Not the sort of disclosure that involves little green men, but the greenbacks that are the tell-tale signs of government corruption. The democrats in Congress are simply losing the…

17 days ago

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Oversight Committee Devolves Into Shouting Chaos After Republicans Block Elon Musk Subpoena - News Addicts

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday devolved into chaos after the Democrats, who are in the minority, failed to subpoena Elon Musk. Democrat lawmakers lashed out at Elon Musk for shaking up Washington with his DOGE team. The Trump Administration really poked the hornets nest after Musk’s DOGE workers accessed the Treasury Department’s payment systems. […] The post Watch: Oversight Committee Devolves Into Shouting Chaos After Republicans B…

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