{"id":2401403,"date":"2025-02-11T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-doge-could-help-mike-johnson-rein-in-house-freedom-caucus\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T12:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:56:34","slug":"musks-doge-could-help-mike-johnson-rein-in-house-freedom-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-doge-could-help-mike-johnson-rein-in-house-freedom-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s DOGE could help Mike Johnson rein in House Freedom Caucus"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmusks-doge-could-help-mike-johnson-rein-in-house-freedom-caucus%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=2401403&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>The article \u2064discusses how Elon\u2063 Musk&#8217;s\u2062 recently established department of Government efficiency (DOGE) \u200cmay\u2062 assist House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in gaining support from the House Freedom Caucus for a proposed government spending bill. Johnson faces challenges as different factions \u200bwithin his conference debate the structure adn content\u2064 of the budget\u2062 plan,which \u200daims\u2063 to advance aspects of Donald\u2063 Trump&#8217;s agenda. By incorporating elements from DOGE that\u2064 advocate for cuts across various \u200bfederal bureaucracies, Johnson hopes to appeal to \u200dhard-liners who prioritize governmental spending reductions. The \u200dFreedom Caucus has echoed concerns about bureaucratic inefficiencies \u200cand is enthusiastic about \u200bDOGE&#8217;s efforts to address these issues.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proposed \u2064budget resolution emphasizes<\/a> \u200cboth border reform and notable spending cuts, mirroring the\u200d Senate&#8217;s budget strategy. Johnson is scheduled to unveil details of the \u200dbudget plan soon, as he\u200b tries to align his proposals with the interests of the Freedom Caucus to facilitate passage.  <\/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&rsquo;s DOGE could help Mike Johnson rein in House Freedom Caucus<\/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_1991029\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency could be the tool House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) needs to push hard-liners in his conference to back a government spending deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As he leads the House in building a budget plan to enact key facets of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s agenda, Johnson has run into snags with factions of his conference sparring over what the deal should look like and how it should be passed. <\/p>\n<p>However, possible provisions included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-pac-kickstarts-100-million-fundraiser-for-ai-campaign-targeting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pro...Trump PAC kickstarts 0 million fundraiser for AI campaign targeting ... Washington Examiner\">lower chamber&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s budget bill that mimic DOGE&rsquo;s cuts to various federal bureaucracies may be pivotal to encouraging the House Freedom Caucus to vote in favor of the deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going to be codifying a lot of these changes,&rdquo;&nbsp; Johnson said of DOGE&rsquo;s findings during comments to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1889036914876956964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reporters<\/a> Monday, &ldquo;and what they&rsquo;ve uncovered is, frankly, shocking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&rsquo;s pledge to codify DOGE&rsquo;s slashing of the federal bureaucracy will hold immense appeal to Freedom Caucus members, whose focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-says-democrats-should-tank-entire-build-back-better-bill\/\" title=\"Elon ... Says Democrats Should Tank Entire Build Back Better ...\">cutting government spending<\/a> has brought them into a firm alliance with Musk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip;Thanks to President Trump, @elonmusk, and @DOGE, the truth is finally coming to light. They&rsquo;re exposing the corruption, the waste, and the misplaced priorities that have drained our nation,&rdquo; Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), a member of the caucus, wrote in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepCloudTX\/status\/1889030423390351856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a><\/a> on Monday. &ldquo;But Congress cannot sit on the sidelines and pretend we weren&rsquo;t part of the problem. It&rsquo;s time to take action and force real cuts&hellip; We need to fight to rein in this out-of-control bureaucracy and put the American people back in charge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), from left, with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who is carrying his son X &AElig; A-Xii, as they walk to a meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s planned Department of Government Efficiency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Caucus members have long expressed concern about many of the same bureaucracies Musk has scrutinized, including the<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repandyharrismd\/status\/1886835431846895661?s=46&amp;t=lryHsPyXkwOScjo5OT3phQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been taking on USAID before it was cool,&rdquo; the caucus wrote in a Feb. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repandyharrismd\/status\/1886835431846895661?s=46&amp;t=lryHsPyXkwOScjo5OT3phQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In another recent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAndyHarrisMD\/status\/1888042313479336344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media post<\/a>, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, praised DOGE for examining the National Institutes of Health&rsquo;s policy of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3315043\/nih-cutting-overhead-funding-for-research-at-universities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> sending billions in taxpayer funding to universities <\/a>to cover &ldquo;indirect costs&rdquo; of research,&nbsp;an initiative the lawmaker said he questioned for years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, long before DOGE sounded the alarm about the Pentagon failing multiple consecutive audits, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a Freedom Caucus member, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/07\/13\/house-gop-pressures-pentagon-on-lack-of-financial-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">introduced legislation<\/a> that slashed the Defense Department&rsquo;s budget by 0.5% if it failed the financial review.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the caucus released a budgetary resolution, which kick-started the reconciliation process needed to pass a spending bill. With a name highlighting the similarities its goals bear to Musk&rsquo;s initiative, <a href=\"https:\/\/218fordoge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">218 for DOGE<\/a>&rsquo;s focus lies on border reform, in addition to slashing $486 billion in federal spending.<\/p>\n<p>  In contrast to Johnson&rsquo;s vision for one broad bill containing tax, border, and energy reforms and around $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, the caucus&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-2023-budget-proposal-calls-for-critical-race-theory-ban-in-education-military\/\" title=\"Republican 2023 ... Calls for Critical Race Theory Ban in Education, Military\">budget proposal calls<\/a> for the House to pass two smaller bills as part of the deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The House Freedom Caucus&rsquo;s two-bill proposal mimics the Senate&rsquo;s budget proposal, which was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).&nbsp;Johnson has criticized the upper chamber&rsquo;s proposal and has repeatedly urged the upper chamber to let the House lead budget negotiations, saying Sunday that &ldquo;at the end of the day, the House has to drive this process &mdash; and we will.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I appreciate the Senate&rsquo;s zeal. We have it in the House as well,&rdquo; Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6368558137112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>. &ldquo;But as I reminded my friend, Lindsey, I have about 170 additional personalities to deal with and he&rsquo;s only got 53.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, if Johnson weaves critical elements of the caucus&rsquo;s resolution and Musk&rsquo;s spending cuts into his budget deal, he could gain key support from hard-liners in his conference when the bill comes up for a vote in the coming weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson told reporters Tuesday that the House would be &ldquo;rolling out the details&rdquo; of a budget plan by that evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are right on the schedule that we need to be on,&rdquo; the speaker said, adding that a committee markup of the budget resolution would likely be scheduled for Thursday.&nbsp;<\/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_1991029\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1991029\"}});<\/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&#8217;s DOGE may assist Mike Johnson in uniting the House Freedom Caucus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2401404,"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\/2025\/01\/Mike-Johnson-congress-speaker-bbu12.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,34308,34218,4250],"class_list":["post-2401403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-house-freedom-caucus","tag-mike-johnson","tag-musk"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike-Johnson-congress-speaker-bbu12.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401403","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401407,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2401403\/revisions\/2401407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2401403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2401403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}