Since DOGE Fell Short On Spending Cuts, Congress Must Lead

Since DOGE Fell Short On Spending Cuts, Congress Must Lead

While Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has rightfully drawn attention to some pretty silly and wasteful spending, it has overpromised and underdelivered on verifi

Congress Needs to Make Spending Decisions - Taxpayers for Common Sense

When Congress returns next week from its Easter break, it’s likely to receive a gift of sorts from the White House. But instead of a basket of treats, the administration is preparing to submit a legislative package of spending rescissions. Wherever you fall on the appropriateness of the cuts, a formal rescission request would mark a return to regular order in an otherwise chaotic cost-cutting first quarter of 2025. More importantly, it showcases…

Elon Musk was supposed to clean up Donald Trump, but the amount saved up to now is manageable. Instead, he and his efficiency authority provide bottlenecks in many placesAbout 100 days after the launch of the U.S. agency for government efficiency under the leadership of billionaire and government commissioner Elon Musk, the balance is sober. According to research by the news agency Reuters, the measures taken by Doge (Department of Government Ef…