Few people are talking about DOGE. Not the crypto. The Department of Government Efficiency. Here's some news.
The picture that tells you everything you need to know about what DOGE will do to the federal government
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14211829/The-picture-tells-need-know-DOGE-federal-government.htmlIt appears Elon Musk's mandate from Donald Trump to eliminate the government bloat is already well underway.
Speaker Mike Johnson scrambled to craft a last-minute spending bill to avoid a government shutdown after Trump and Musk tanked his initial plan.
Musk, the co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), openly ridiculed Johnson's original nearly 1,600-page bill on X.
And Trump demanded that the bill, which he called a 'nasty trap' set by Democrats, be renegotiated.
He also warned House Republicans against supporting the bloated measure including a pay raise for Congress, additional disaster spending and other unrelated spending measures.
'Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried,' he wrote on his TruthSocial platform.
As a result of the mounting pressure, Johnson and his leadership team struck a deal on much more trimmed down bill - just 116 pages - one day later.
Musk posted a photo on X of the stack of pages in the legislation showing 'Yesterday's bill' versus 'today's bill' difference.
However, the new 116-page bill spectacularly failed on the House floor Thursday evening after Republicans and Democrats voted against the measure.
Democrats were not onboard with the new Trump-backed deal and Johnson couldn't afford to lose many Republican defectors.
GOP Rep. Chip Roy raged against the bill saying that Republicans are 'profoundly unserious about reducing deficits.'
Since it didn't pass, the government will be headed into a partial shutdown on Friday at midnight.
Celebrating Johnson's work crafting the new deal, Trump triumphantly posted on Truth Social: 'Success in Washington!'
'Speaker Mike Johnson and the House have come to a very good Deal for the American People,' his post continued. 'The newly agreed to American Relief Act of 2024 will keep the Government open, fund our Great Farmers and others, and provide relief for those severely impacted by the devastating hurricanes.'
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