With Elon Musk stepping away from an official role in the Trump administration, DOGE is entering a new phase where the initiative's rapid early successes will face the realities of Congressional gridlock. The administration aims to push $9.4 billion in spending cuts to Congress for approval, including significant reductions to foreign aid and public broadcasting. Experts indicate that the success of these proposals will depend heavily on legislative support, highlighting the challenges of securing timely action in Congress despite a desire from some Republican lawmakers for more immediate cuts.
The DOGE team has done incredible work, but the magnitude of the savings is proportionate to the support we get from Congress and from the executive branch of the government in general.
The first task for Republicans is passing $9.4 billion in cuts that the White House plans to send to Congress on Tuesday.
Republicans have been clamoring to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS for months, and the House DOGE subcommittee held a hearing on the issue in March.
There's also been growing frustration on the right that DOGE cuts haven't come sooner, with some lawmakers arguing that they should be regularly voting to codify spending cuts.
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