The Boston Globe reports:

At Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, there is no official help line for members of Congress to call with questions about how the billionaire’s far-reaching effort to slash federal spending might affect their constituents.

But many Republicans have something better: Musk’s personal cell phone number, or failing that, the numbers of some of his top aides.

“I just call Elon,” said Senator Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, when asked how he tracks down answers to DOGE-related questions.

Democrats, meanwhile, have nothing at all.

Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Newton Democrat, told the Globe that he tried to get in touch with DOGE about a particular concern — he wouldn’t elaborate on the nature of the inquiry or explain how he conveyed it — but said “DOGE had every opportunity to engage with me in good faith and stiff-armed me.”

“There is,” Auchincloss said, “no DOGE 311.” [Continue reading…]