Wednesday, March 05, 2025

GOP Senators Tell Musk DOGE Actions Requires Their Votes

Republican senators told tech billionaire Elon Musk at a closed-door meeting Wednesday that his aggressive moves to shrink the federal government will need a vote on Capitol Hill, sending a clear message that he needs to respect Congress's power of the purse.

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"GOP lawmakers say Musk's failure to brief them in advance about impending cuts and funding freezes " or to respond to their questions and concerns about actions taken by DOGE " reflected his belief that he thought the administration could largely bypass them by simply impounding funds lawfully appropriated by Congress.

Musk, for example, revealed Wednesday he wasn't aware that Congress could pass a rescissions package through the Senate with a simple majority vote, rather than the 60-vote threshold usually needed to pass controversial bills through the upper chamber."

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They'll still do whatever the Lard King tells them to do.... the Constitution's grave is already being dug.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-05 11:00 PM

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