{"id":133752,"date":"2024-12-05T23:47:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133752"},"modified":"2024-12-05T23:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:47:51","slug":"elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-are-bringing-trumps-doge-to-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133752","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are bringing Trump&#8217;s DOGE to Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 It\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-president-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-2f0f76bb6440231f2504b77cb117d988\">DOGE<\/a><\/span> time at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a><\/span> arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expected to be joined by fellow entrepreneur <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/vivek-ramaswamy\">Vivek Ramaswamy,<\/a><\/span> for meetings with legislators behind closed doors about President-elect <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a><\/span> plans to \u201cdismantle\u201d the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Trump tapped the two business titans to head his <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/musk-ramaswamy-trump-budget-cuts-doge-impoundment-8e2fffc27df6acc1b275b1614e66fd01\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>, tasked with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-2024-government-regulations-democrats-6badc3b424b9eff3ba51e0ec35a8d824\">firing federal workers<\/a><\/span>, cutting government programs and slashing federal regulations \u2014 all part of what he calls his \u201cSave America\u201d agenda for a second term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019ll be a great start to the whole process,\u201d said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who will chair a House Oversight subcommittee in the new year as part of \u201cbuilding the bridge between Congress and DOGE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington has seen this before, with ambitious efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government that historically have <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-spending-cuts-mccarthy-biden-senate-4f094e28b6d05a8d4852cdee4653d0f5\">run into resistance<\/a><\/span> when the public is confronted with cuts to trusted programs that millions of Americans depend on for jobs, health care, military security and everyday needs.<\/p>\n<p>But this time Trump is <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-cabinet-budget-immigration-loyalty-986154f35c82452e0e2e642a3e1752a8\">staffing his administration<\/a><\/span> with battle-tested architects of sweeping proposals, some outlined in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981\">Project 2025<\/a><\/span>, to severely reduce and reshape the government. Musk and Ramaswamy said they plan to work alongside the White House\u2019s Office of Management and Budget, headed by Trump\u2019s nominee Russ Vought, a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-project-2025-heritage-foundation-e2b1be71422f4afcfd4a397828f7cab6\">mastermind of past cuts<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government,\u201d Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in an <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?mod=hp_opin_pos_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed in The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/span>. \u201cWe are prepared for the onslaught.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duo were invited by House Speaker <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ufc-house-speaker-johnson-madison-square-garden-995a7ee3324e04ec6da680c826136655\">Mike Johnson<\/a><\/span> to visit Capitol Hill and face a first test in private with House and Senate lawmakers \u2014 some eager to hear what they have in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am fired up to go out and do something,\u201d said Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., who joined with Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, in launching what they are calling the DOGE caucus in the House, with more than 50 Republicans and two Democratic members. <\/p>\n<p>Bean said the DOGE caucus will unveil an email tip line where people can report wasteful spending. He also envisions a scoreboard of sorts that people can view on a website showing \u201chow many positions we\u2019ve cut, agencies we\u2019ve cut, what the actual number is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Senate, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa and Rick Scott, R-Fla., have launched a similar caucus.<\/p>\n<p>While neither Musk nor Ramaswamy have much public service experience, they bring track records in private business \u2014 Musk\u2019s operations have <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-elon-musk-doge-tesla-spacex-80fa8b213b46460b1a0e369dc07a6404\">vast government contracts<\/a><\/span> \u2014 and enthusiasm for Trump\u2019s agenda, having campaigned alongside him in the final stretch of the election. <\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s richest man, Musk <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-america-pac-trump-d248547966bf9c6daf6f5d332bc4be66\">poured millions<\/a><\/span> into a get-out-the-vote effort to help the former president return to the White House. He is known politically for having transformed the popular social media site formerly known as Twitter into X, a platform embraced by Trump\u2019s MAGA enthusiasts. <\/p>\n<p>Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is neither a department nor part of the government, which frees Musk and Ramaswamy from having to go through the typical ethics and background checks required for federal employment. They said they will not be paid for their work.<\/p>\n<p>One good-government group has said that DOGE, as a presidential advisory panel, should be expected to adhere to traditional practices of transparency, equal representation and public input \u2014 as happened with similar advisory entities from the Reagan to the Obama administrations.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Advisory Committee Act \u201cis designed expressly for situations like this,\u201d wrote Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, the co-chairs of Public Citizen in a letter to the Trump transition team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government is going to turn to unelected and politically unaccountable persons to make recommendations as grand as $2 trillion in budget cuts, it must ensure those recommendations come from a balanced and transparent process not rigged to benefit insiders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s $6 trillion federal budget routinely runs a deficit, which this year ran $1.8 trillion, a historic high, according to the Congressional Budget Office. It has not been balanced since the Clinton administration more than two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans generally blame what they see as exorbitant spending for the deficit, while Democrats point to tax cuts enacted under Republican presidents Trump and George W. Bush as the major driver.<\/p>\n<p>Receipts last year as a percentage of gross domestic product came in just below the average for the past 50 years, while outlays were equal to 23.4% of GDP, compared to the 50-year average of 21.1%<\/p>\n<p>Some of the biggest increases in spending last year occurred with politically popular programs that lawmakers will be reticent to touch. For example, spending on Social Security benefits went up 8%, Medicare outlays increased 9%, spending on defense went up 7% and spending on veterans health care rose 14%, according to the Congressional Budget Office.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he would like to see Musk testify before the House Armed Services Committee on the \u201cbloated defense budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see Elon recommend some cuts. Let\u2019s have him testify,\u201d Khanna said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019s open to hearing proposals on non-defense spending, but was skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they find waste, maybe, but in terms of big numbers, I mean, no one is going to allow for cutting education funding for special needs kids and for low-income schools, or for cutting Social Security and Medicare,\u201d Khanna said. \u201cIf they want to do that, they\u2019re going to hand us a landslide in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-ce55aa7ca8c921511d18e837c2a2db64\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 It\u2019s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol. 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