{"id":2371439,"date":"2024-11-20T18:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:12:31","slug":"musk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk and Ramaswamy reveal top four things to know about DOGE &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-and-ramaswamy-reveal-top-four-things-to-know-about-doge-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk and\u2064 Vivek Ramaswamy recently revealed their plans for \u200bthe \u2063new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which\u200b has \u200bbeen established to \u2063streamline federal \u2062operations and reduce costs. They emphasized that, as entrepreneurs rather than traditional bureaucrats, they aim to serve as volunteers who will actively work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-alec-baldwin-had-no-reason-to-fire-gun-during-scene-being-rehearsed\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Alec Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire Gun During Scene Being Rehearsed\">cost-cutting measures<\/a> instead of merely producing reports.<\/p>\n<p>The duo laid out four key objectives for DOGE:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Entrepreneurs, not Bureaucrats**: Musk and Ramaswamy highlighted \u200dtheir unconventional approach, focusing on assembling a team committed to reducing government\u200b expenses \u200dthrough regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Relying on the Rule of \u2064Law**: They plan to drive reforms via executive action, prioritizing \u200cchange based on \u2064existing laws rather than introducing new legislation. They reference \u200btwo\u200b Supreme \u2064Court cases from President Biden\u2019s tenure that challenge the limits of \u200cfederal regulations as benchmarks for their reforms.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Shrinking the Federal Workforce**: Aiming to decrease the number \u2064of\u200b federal employees, they propose mandatory in-office work to ensure accountability and efficiency, arguing that taxpayers should \u200bnot\u2064 subsidize remote work arranged during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u200c**Cut Costs and \u2064Deliver\u200b Savings**: Central to \u200bDOGE\u2019s mission is the goal of cutting \u200cgovernmental \u2064spending. They intend to investigate the constitutionality of the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, which\u2062 restricts presidential power over authorized expenditures, as a means to \u2063enable spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Ramaswamy are poised to implement significant changes to federal operations, with\u2063 a focus on reducing costs and improving efficiency through their entrepreneurial mindset and reliance on existing legal \u2064frameworks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk and Ramaswamy reveal top four things to know about DOGE<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1888127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Billionaires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> laid out their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">road map<\/a> for running the Department of Government Efficiency on Wednesday, explaining the authority they believe they have and the goals they hope to achieve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump selected the pair to lead the new department, which aims to cut costs within the federal government. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the top four things Musk and Ramaswamy want the country to know about their new outfit.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entrepreneurs,&nbsp;not&nbsp;bureaucrats<\/h2>\n<p>The pair emphasized that they aren&rsquo;t officials and will serve as outside volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re doing things differently,&rdquo; they wrote. &ldquo;We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won&rsquo;t just write reports or cut ribbons. We&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-indicates-biden-admin-does-not-see-border-surge-ending-soon\/\" title=\"Memo Indicates Biden Admin Does Not See Border Surge Ending Soon\">ll cut costs<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy and Musk said they are assembling &ldquo;a lean team of small-government crusaders&rdquo; to work closely with the White House Office of Management and Budget. They are aiming to seek three kinds of reform: regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relying on the rule of law<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;We will focus particularly on driving change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than by passing new laws,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our North Star for reform will be the U.S. Constitution, with a focus on two critical Supreme Court rulings issued during President Biden&rsquo;s tenure,&rdquo; the pair wrote, referring to <em>West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency<\/em>&nbsp;(2022) and <em>Loper Bright v. Raimondo&nbsp;<\/em>(2024).<\/p>\n<p>The pair of Supreme Court cases &ldquo;suggest that a plethora of current federal regulations exceed the authority Congress has granted under the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Ramaswamy plan to present a list of regulations to Trump they believe are unnecessary. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> would then use his executive power to &ldquo;pause the enforcement of those regulations and initiate the process for review and rescission.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The pair said they expect backlash alleging an overreach from Trump for these moves, but they said the regulations were never authorized by Congress to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>If the regulations are rescinded, a future president would have to ask Congress to reinstate them, they said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shrinking the federal workforce<\/h2>\n<p>The duo have also set their sights on reducing the number of people the federal government employs. One quick way to ensure some voluntary compliance would be to force government workers back to the office five days a week, Musk and Ramaswamy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If federal employees don&rsquo;t want to show up, American taxpayers shouldn&rsquo;t pay them for the Covid-era privilege of staying home,&rdquo; they said.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">larger-scale personnel shifts<\/a>, DOGE plans to advise Trump to issue other &ldquo;rules governing the competitive service&rdquo; that would allow him to &ldquo;curtail administrative overgrowth, from large-scale firings to relocation of federal agencies out of the Washington area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cut costs and deliver savings<\/h2>\n<p>At the heart of the department is a goal to cut costs and deliver savings for voters. DOGE plans to ask the Supreme Court if the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, which stops the president from ceasing expenditures authorized by Congress, is unconstitutional. That would allow Trump to cut spending via executive action.<\/p>\n<p>Without it, the DOGE leaders said they could still target funds that were not authorized by Congress or were being used in ways that Congress didn&rsquo;t intend. They named funds delivered to Planned Parenthood or the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as possible cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Ramaswamy also hope to conduct large-scale audits they believe would result in savings. The Pentagon, which just failed its seventh consecutive audit, would be a prime target for reform, they said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two noted DOGE is set to be backed up by &ldquo;a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court&rdquo; and expects to complete its task, which is due on the United States&rsquo;s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington,&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;We expect to prevail. Now is the moment for decisive action. Our top goal for DOGE is to eliminate the need for its existence by July 4, 2026&mdash;the expiration date we have set for our project. There is no better birthday gift to our nation on its 250th anniversary than to deliver a federal government that would make our Founders proud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1888127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1888127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk and Ramaswamy outline key points about DOGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mixcollage-04-jan-2024-12-07-pm-3316-e1732135044660-1024x890.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,9177,4250,18538],"class_list":["post-2371439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-investment","tag-musk","tag-ramaswamy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/mixcollage-04-jan-2024-12-07-pm-3316-e1732135044660-1024x890.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371443,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371439\/revisions\/2371443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}