Republicans put Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge of new ‘DOGE’ subcommittee
House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced Thursday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will chair a new subcommittee named after an internet meme from the early 2010s.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head an advisory panel called the “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, that’s tasked with identifying trillions in government waste.
Not wanting to be left out, Republicans on Capitol Hill this week created a caucus (an informal group of lawmakers with shared interests) called Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency, and now an official subcommittee, named Delivering on Government Efficiency.
“A lot of what DOGE is trying to do would fall under the legislative jurisdiction and the Oversight Committee,” Comer said Thursday in an interview with right-wing influencer Benny Johnson. [Continue reading…]
Elon Musk’s bold plans to slash jobs and spending across federal agencies may run headlong into lawmakers who resist cutting some of the largest line items in the government’s budget, said California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna.
“I think Elon may get frustrated fairly quickly,” Khanna said on today’s POLITICO Tech podcast. “I mean, let’s see if he can get defense cuts. My guess is that there are going to be a lot of the people on that committee [who] are going to want even more defense spending. It’ll be a test.”
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, a non-governmental entity that the pair have pledged will drastically reduce the size and reach of federal agencies and their regulations.
Khanna represents a large swath of Silicon Valley and has known Musk for years. In a recent exchange on X, Musk’s social media platform, the pair appeared to agree that the Defense Department was spending too much money on large defense contractors. Khanna has previously voted against expanding the Pentagon’s budget.
“There are a lot of commissions that have recommended a lot of things for less wasteful government, but they tend to be just that, commissions,” Khanna said. “And I think the real question here will be how effective will he be going after true waste and true abuse like you have in terms of defense contractors.” [Continue reading…]