"There are a lot more restrictions on what you can and can't do. There's a lot of cultural barriers," said David Walker, a fiscal watchdog who led the Government Accountability Office from 1998 through 2008.
Despite its name, Musk and Ramaswamy's panel, the Department of Government Efficiency, won't be a government department. Substantial changes to the federal budget would most likely require action from legislators.
Unlike Reagan and Clinton, who both largely failed attempts at taming federal spending and sprawl, their Department of Government Efficiency has a crucial advantage: Republican control of both chambers of Congress.
Trump may find it easier than Reagan or Clinton to get Congress to take action. Their ambitious goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending could need just 51 Senate votes.
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