{"id":2414422,"date":"2025-03-23T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-showed-openness-to-congress-voting-on-doge-cuts-rand-paul-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T22:16:02","slug":"musk-showed-openness-to-congress-voting-on-doge-cuts-rand-paul-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-showed-openness-to-congress-voting-on-doge-cuts-rand-paul-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk showed openness to Congress voting on DOGE cuts: Rand Paul &#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-showed-openness-to-congress-voting-on-doge-cuts-rand-paul-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=2414422&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 - 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He said Musk was enthusiastic about the plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3356388\/sanders-end-abc-news-interview-idea-aoc-replace-schumer\/\">Sanders tries to end ABC News interview over idea AOC could replace Schumer: &#8216;Inside development stuff&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3356343\/jon-ossoff-reelection-bid-target-trump\/\">Jon Ossoff launches reelection bid with target on Trump: &#8216;Bow to no king&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3356321\/schumer-rejects-calls-step-down-leader-senate-biden-comparisons\/\">Schumer rejects calls to step down and dismisses Biden comparisons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It is my personal belief we should adhere to the law as it is now, and that is, send it back and have Congress confirm it. It&rsquo;s a simple majority vote. It&rsquo;s called rescission. I did mention this to Elon Musk. He seemed enthusiastic. It can be done. No Democrats &mdash; you have to realize, no Democrats will cut one penny from any spending anywhere. But can we get all the Republicans, is the real question,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Paul has advocated legitimizing DOGE&rsquo;s cuts by putting them through Congress. While a congressional vote would protect DOGE&rsquo;s cuts from Congress, it would also put vulnerable lawmakers on record approving cuts that could be unpopular.<\/p>\n<p>A recission package only requires a majority vote in the Senate and House &mdash; majorities held by the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Paul suggested that Trump would be needed to push Republicans to approve the cuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3355904\/after-missteps-democratic-attacks-elon-musk-doge-support-strong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"EVEN AFTER MISSTEPS AND DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS, DOGE SUPPORT IS STILL STRONG\">EVEN AFTER MISSTEPS AND DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS, DOGE SUPPORT IS STILL STRONG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president is going to have to use effectively his bully pulpit and his popularity to convince all Republicans to do it. It&rsquo;s not a given that Republicans will stand, will vote for this,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The sweeping cuts implemented by DOGE have accomplished a long-held dream of Republicans, but also given Democrats a rallying cry from those laid off or had their benefits affected.<\/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_2062583\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062583\"}});<\/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 showed openness to Congress voting on DOGE cuts: Rand Paul Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Elon Musk expressed openness to Congress voting on cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency. 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