DOGE Spending Cuts Face Resistance

Republicans aim to slash spending next year, but doubts linger in D.C.

DOGE leaders, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, met with lawmakers to discuss fiscal reforms.

It’s time to cut the waste.

But some in the GOP aren’t liking this.

Rep. Tim Burchett criticized colleagues for lacking commitment to real cuts.

DOGE plans aim to shrink government.

But it would seem that success depends on getting support from Congress.

Musk, Ramaswamy huddle with lawmakers in quest to downsize widely-distrusted federal government with DOGE https://t.co/vfhnfJWdMK

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 6, 2024

Fox News reports:

Republicans have big plans for spending cuts next year, but some GOP lawmakers are doubting Congress can muster the momentum for significant changes.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom President-elect Trump tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory panel on cutting spending and the national debt, were on Capitol Hill Thursday for a series of meetings with lawmakers on how Congress and the White House can work together to achieve that goal.

And while that advisory panel is chiefly aimed at what executive actions Trump could take, lawmakers are conceding that significant, lasting change must be achieved through legislation. And some Republicans are skeptical they can get there.

“The problem’s in that room,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., referring to other GOP lawmakers who met with Musk and Ramaswamy.

“These guys, you know, they talk real tough,” but they did not vote in ways he believed showed they were serious about cutting spending.

“You don’t see a lot of that. Now, when is that going to start? Is it going to start just because Elon and Vivek [address us]?” Burchett asked. “I just worry about us losing steam. … We’ve got to get some guts, and people have got to hold us accountable.”

The DOGE discussions have opened up longstanding wounds within the House GOP, whose members spent a significant amount of the 118th Congress battling among themselves over how to navigate government funding and other fiscal issues.

‘STAY TUNED’: Republican lawmakers rallied around DOGE’s Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, urging them to do whatever it takes to cut waste and fraud from Washington. Read the details on possible spending cuts at the link. https://t.co/43ne9fu9sw pic.twitter.com/vxatx1M7Hh

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 6, 2024

It’s amazing to see how both President Trump and Elon Musk have both made huge financial sacrifices to led the people.

And yet there are still those that don’t understand that they’re doing what they’re doing because they care for the people.

Career politicians don’t do that. They take.

🇺🇸 VIVEK: "[Elon] is really one of the people who I just admire on planet Earth … He made extraordinary sacrifices against his personal financial interest at a scale that we probably have never seen in the United States of America … He is somebody who has taken extraordinary… pic.twitter.com/lNLtshFrfB

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) December 5, 2024