{"id":2376645,"date":"2024-12-05T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-seek-support-for-trumps-doge-on-capitol-hill-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:59:04","slug":"musk-and-ramaswamy-seek-support-for-trumps-doge-on-capitol-hill-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-and-ramaswamy-seek-support-for-trumps-doge-on-capitol-hill-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk and Ramaswamy seek support for Trump&#8217;s DOGE on Capitol Hill &#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-seek-support-for-trumps-doge-on-capitol-hill-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=2376645&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>**Summary:**<\/p>\n<p>Elon\u2063 Musk adn \u2062Vivek Ramaswamy, appointed by President-elect donald\u2064 Trump \u200bto lead the newly created Department of Goverment Efficiency (DOGE), are visiting Capitol Hill to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-sen-kyrsten-sinema-continues-defense-of-filibuster\/\" title=\"Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema continues defense of filibuster\">build bipartisan support<\/a> \u200dfor their initiative aimed at reducing\u2064 government waste. This effort was introduced by Trump last\u200d month with \u2063the\u200b aim \u200bof \u2063creating\u200d a &#8220;smaller government&#8221; and improving efficiency. The duo will\u200b engage in meetings\u200d with various Congress members and\u200d participate in\u2064 the first\u200b meeting of the Senate DOGE\u2063 caucus\u2064 to foster collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Support for this initiative includes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, chairwoman of the House Oversight subcommittee, who expresses \u2064optimism about implementing change with a Republican majority in Congress. some Democrats, like\u200b Rep.Jared Moskowitz, are also displaying\u2063 a willingness to contribute to the DOGE&#8217;s objectives of cost-cutting. Musk and Ramaswamy are\u200d focused on\u200c gaining momentum for their proposals \u2063in a politically diverse environment.  <\/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 hit Capitol Hill to shore up support for Trump&rsquo;s 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_1889420\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s picks to head the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>, are heading to Capitol Hill on Thursday as they seek to grow bipartisan support for the initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-retired-lt-gen-keith-kellogg-endorses-gino-campana-for-colorado-senate-race\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg Endorses Gino Campana for Colorado Senate Race\u00a0\">cut government waste<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>DOGE was offered by Trump last month with a goal of a &ldquo;smaller Government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy.&rdquo; The initiative has already garnered partners in Congress, but the pair of DOGE leaders will look to increase cooperation through various meetings with members. They&rsquo;ll also join the inaugural meeting of the Senate DOGE caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who was appointed as the chairwoman of the House Oversight Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee last month, has said she is hopeful that with Trump&rsquo;s return to the White House and the GOP&rsquo;s impending control of both chambers of Congress, change can be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump finally has the support, the backing, and basically the muscle power that he deserved in 2017. And it&rsquo;s actually bigger and better than before. And I think we have a real opportunity this time to actually do it, or at least, you know, push the ball really far down the field and try to get there, and we can&rsquo;t squander it,&rdquo; Greene previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3250752\/musk-mtg-ramaswamy-set-doge-targets-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Some House members have already shown a desire to work with DOGE to cut government waste, including Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). The Florida congressman was the first Democrat to join the House DOGE caucus, and some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRoKhanna\/status\/1861091940973871436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"other\">other<\/a> Democrats have shown enthusiasm in working to cut government waste as Musk and Ramaswamy seek to push forward their proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats have hopped on board as well, with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m ready to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/doge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@doge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@elonmusk<\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@VivekGRamaswamy<\/a> to slash waste,&rdquo; in an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1864688401460391957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to the tweet, saying, &ldquo;Much appreciated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the Senate side, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-spending-cuts-lead-to-a-reallocation-of-funds-in-sam-browns-election-campaign-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republican spending cuts lead to a reallocation of funds in Sam Brown&#039;s election campaign. - Washington Examiner\">upper chamber&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s DOGE caucus and has already outlined 22 areas where Musk and Ramaswamy could seek cuts to the government. The Thursday meeting of the Senate DOGE caucus is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/05\/congress\/ernst-signals-00192769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> set to revolve around remote work for government workers, as many federal offices in Washington, D.C., still sit empty.<\/p>\n<p>Not everybody is on board, with some members specifically citing DOGE&rsquo;s lack of authority. <\/p>\n<p>House Appropriation Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro&nbsp;(D-CT) told <em>Punchbowl News<\/em>, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a gang of two &hellip; It&rsquo;s the Congress that makes these determinations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DOGE X account has outlined several areas where funds and waste in various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dominion-used-a-version-of-the-solorwinds-orion-platform-which-provides-backdoor-access-into-their-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Dominion Used a Version of the SolorWinds Orion Platform Which Provides Backdoor Access Into their Voting Machines\">government agencies<\/a> could be cut, including a post last month highlighting the government offices that have sat vacant since the pandemic and the rise of remote work since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Federal government agencies are using, on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters. The Department of Agriculture, with space for more than 7,400 people, averaged 456 workers each day (6% occupancy). Why are American taxpayer dollars being spent to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">maintain empty buildings<\/a>?&rdquo; the account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DOGE\/status\/1859457844044497294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>One member of the Senate DOGE caucus, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/05\/day-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em> that the Thursday meeting with Musk and Ramaswamy will also include a discussion of &ldquo;political realities&rdquo; and how difficult it could be to actually get some lawmakers to agree to cuts that could affect their districts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re going to have to fight with that rock-ribbed conservative that says, &lsquo;don&rsquo;t take those 100 jobs out of my district,&rsquo; even though every business logic would say they needed to be somewhere else,&rdquo; Tillis told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said he wants DOGE&rsquo;s work to be completed no later than July 4, 2026, the 250th birthday of the country. He said in the announcement of DOGE that the completion date will serve as the &ldquo;perfect gift&rdquo; for the country&rsquo;s semiquincentennial.<\/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_1889420\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1889420\"}});<\/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 visit Capitol Hill to boost support for Trump&#8217;s DOGE initiative aimed at reducing government waste<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2376646,"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\/12\/elon-musk-DOGE-capitol-hill.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4250,18538,3634],"class_list":["post-2376645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-musk","tag-ramaswamy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/elon-musk-DOGE-capitol-hill.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376645","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376649,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376645\/revisions\/2376649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}