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GOP senators tell Musk DOGE actions will require their votes

A group of Senate Republicans met with Elon Musk to discuss the need for Congressional support for the Department of Government Efficiency's agenda, which focuses on reducing waste in government spending.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham stated that the vote on DOGE's proposed cuts should have occurred earlier, noting that the vote should have happened 'like, yesterday.'
Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul confirmed support for Musk's actions but emphasized that a different route is needed for them to become permanent due to recent court rulings.
House Republicans also met with Elon Musk to discuss the work of DOGE and explored strategies for codifying its cuts, amid concerns over proposed job cuts in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Musk And Trump Have Already Imposed The MAGA Coup d'Etat

Elon Musk had a lunch with Republican Senators on Wednesday, followed by a meeting with House Republicans in the evening to discuss concerns the lawmakers had with complaints they've been getting from constituents about some of Musk’s cuts to government programs they hadn’t seen coming. Musk handled the situation by giving out his phone number and telling Republicans they could call him with any complaints they had about what his DOGE team has b…

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Crooks and Liars

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GOP Senators Are Begging Elon To Let Them Have A Say In Cuts

And he very kindly offered to fix things! Not for Democrats, mind you.

29 days ago·United States

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AlKhaleej Today

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What is Elon Musk’s DOGE? And how much money has it saved US taxpayers?

WASHINGTON, March 7 — US President Donald Trump is expected to boast about his sweeping cuts to the federal bureaucracy during an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, with praise for tech billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump has given Musk and his DOGE team extraordinary power. In just six weeks entire government agencies have been dismantled and tens of thousands of workers fire…

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America First Report

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DOGE’s Key Revelation: A Federal Budget Made Into a Maze Impervious to Reform

As Elon Musk and his tech team urge their fellow Americans to become “domestic auditors” to help rein in federal spending, people have been encouraged to use the Treasury Department’s usaspending.gov website to identify and track government finance. The total amount of spending across “all agencies,” as recorded at usaspending.gov, appears to be 50% higher than most experts interviewed for this article think it actually was. In Fiscal Year 2024,…

29 days ago

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WBIR

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Rep. Tim Burchett says he may support Congress rescinding funds identified by DOGE and Elon Musk

Burchett said in a C-SPAN interview that he would "wholeheartedly support any rescinding of funds that have misappropriated," but also warned, "it's very broad."

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Congressional GOP begs Musk to keep them in the loop on DOGE doings

On Wednesday, Republicans in the House and Senate held closed-door meetings with billionaire Trump financier Elon Musk, giving life to President Donald Trump’s recent rant about “unelected ...

29 days ago·United States

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