{"id":2421562,"date":"2025-04-09T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-working-on-scheme-to-gain-power-over-doge\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:58:37","slug":"house-democrats-working-on-scheme-to-gain-power-over-doge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-working-on-scheme-to-gain-power-over-doge\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Working on Scheme to Gain Power Over DOGE"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-working-on-scheme-to-gain-power-over-doge%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=2421562&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 discusses the proposed &#8220;DOGE Accountability and Openness Act,&#8221; introduced by Democratic Representatives Brad Schneider and Stephen Lynch. This legislation aims to impose bureaucratic requirements on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by Elon Musk, a friend of former President Donald Trump. The bill seeks to mandate weekly reports to Congress on changes made by DOGE and their impacts, arguably hindering its mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-government-efficiency-commission-idea-draws-capitol-hill-interest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... ... commission idea draws Capitol Hill interest - Washington Examiner\">streamline government operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article suggests that the intention behind this bill is to protect existing governmental structures and personnel, particularly in context to Trump and his supporters who advocate for reforms that could potentially reduce bureaucratic waste. Critics, like the article&#8217;s author, perceive the bill as a form of political theatre, reinforcing the divisions between Republicans and Democrats.It portrays Democrats as overly concerned with the interests of government employees, while Trump and his allies aim to challenge the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the article views this initiative as unlikely to pass in a Republican-majority Congress or if it reached Trump&#8217;s desk, painting it instead as a strategic move by Democrats to rally their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">base amidst political rivalry<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, along with his surrogates, allies, and supporters, all want this argument.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, for reasons they know but cannot admit, elected Democrats seem determined to give it to us.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrats-bill-doge-reports-congress-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Democratic Reps. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts plan to introduce a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25892359-schneider-lynch-doge-accountability-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> called the &ldquo;DOGE Accountability and Transparency Act,&rdquo; which, in the unlikely event of its adoption as law, would require Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, headed by the president&rsquo;s friend and ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-puts-elons-lie-death-offers-lifetime-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, to satisfy bureaucratic demands that run counter to the department&rsquo;s mission of identifying and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/property-tax-rates-in-disney-district-to-come-down-after-vote-from-desantis-appointed-board\/\" title=\"Disney district property tax rates to decrease following vote by DeSantis-appointed board.\">eliminating government waste<\/a> and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bill&rsquo;s text, the DOGE Accountability and Transparency Act would force DOGE to &ldquo;provide weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to any Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for other purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, by compelling weekly reports, Schneider and Lynch would slow DOGE&rsquo;s progress. They might as well have called it the &ldquo;Swamp Protection Act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>That, of course, constitutes their chief objective. It also illustrates the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-doge-made-horrible-discovery-found-incredible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOGE<\/a> in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, in true Democratic fashion, the congressmen framed their Swamp-friendly bill as a matter of principle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should not allow Elon Musk to recklessly take a chainsaw to our federal government; he must answer to Congress and provide real, regular updates on DOGE&rsquo;s actions,&rdquo; Schneider wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch did his colleague one better by conjuring the standard Democrat bugbear. &ldquo;Oh no!&rdquo; they say. &ldquo;How will the people ever survive?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot let President Trump&rsquo;s version of &lsquo;Wreck-it-Ralph&rsquo; distract us while Elon Musk continues to gut agencies that are responsible for providing American families with essential needs and services,&rdquo; Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, yes, &ldquo;essential needs and services.&rdquo; How many billions of dollars have Democrats extorted from voters by stoking fears with language of that kind?<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the DOGE Accountability and Transparency Act has no chance of passage in a Republican-controlled Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, if the bill somehow did pass the House and Senate, Trump would veto it.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing this futile piece of legislation, therefore, has everything to do with creating political theater and making an argument. On DOGE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-record-military-budget-rapid-expansion-nobodys-seen-anything-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> and his allies want to make their argument. Democrats, by contrast, have no choice but to make theirs.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Democrats cannot abandon by far the largest and most loyal segment of their base: government employees.<\/p>\n<p>But how much sympathy does the plight of government employees generate in places like Iowa? Hence, Democrats must harp on &ldquo;essential needs and services,&rdquo; as if DOGE has targeted Medicare or Social Security.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, Democrats cannot reveal their true motives.<\/p>\n<p>They cannot, for instance, explain to voters why they have drawn a line in the sand in order to defend a system that has enriched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doge-investigate-bureaucrats-become-wealthy-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal bureaucrats<\/a> at public expense and made the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americas-15-wealthiest-counties-voted-2024-presidential-election-tells-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wealthiest counties in America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies want that argument. Democrats have no choice but to make it.<\/p>\n<p>We like our chances.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Meanwhile, elected Democrats appear unwilling to back down from it for reasons they can&#8217;t openly acknowledge. Axios reports that Democratic Representatives Brad Schneider of Illinois and Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts intend to propose a bill named the \u201cDOGE Accountability and Transparency Act.\u201d If passed, this legislation would require Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency\u2014led by his associate Elon Musk\u2014to meet bureaucratic requirements that contradict its goal of reducing government waste and fraud. The bill mandates DOGE to submit weekly updates to Congress on any changes made within federal agencies and their effects. Essentially, these reports would hinder DOGE&#8217;s efficiency; it could just as well be called the \u201cSwamp Protection Act.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2421563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elon-Musk.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12577,23466,33723,32504,39494],"class_list":["post-2421562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-house-democrats","tag-political-strategy","tag-power-dynamics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Elon-Musk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421562","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=2421562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421562\/revisions\/2421567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}