Sen. Marsha Blackburn plans to introduce a series of bills supporting the goals of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as Republican lawmakers launch legislative efforts to support cost-cutting efforts. is.
The Tennessee Republican announced plans to unveil the DOGE Act in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. They would seek to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C., freeze federal hiring and pay for a year, and return federal workers to their offices.
Republican senators will reportedly announce a series of measures that better reflect the new agency's framework for reducing government spending, according to a Senate spokesperson.
“I intend to introduce legislation consistent with @DOGE's plan to make the federal government more efficient,” Blackburn said in a post on X.
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“My DOGE Act would freeze federal hiring, begin the process of moving government agencies out of the swamps of Washington, D.C., and establish a merit-based pay system for federal employees,” Blackburn said. said.
A spokesperson for the senator later clarified that he plans to announce several of these bills.
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“Senator Blackburn will introduce a series of bills next week, known as the DOGE Act, designed to hold the federal government more accountable for managing taxpayer funds,” a spokesperson for Sen. Blackburn said in a statement. “We plan to submit it,” he said in a statement. “The DOGE Act is consistent with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's plan to make the federal government more efficient.”
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Musk responded to the senator's tweet, writing “Thank you” on the post.
The announcement came after Musk and Ramaswamy, who was appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the effort, met with lawmakers for a day to discuss cost-cutting opportunities and goals.
Lawmakers told Fox News Digital they were “very impressed” with the DOGE framework after meeting with the pair.
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In addition to Mr. Blackburn's legislative plan, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate DOGE caucus, unveiled a 60-page cost-cutting proposal Thursday in a meeting with Republican senators and Mr. Ramaswamy.
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The DOGE effort has already received bipartisan support from Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who joins the Republican-led House of Representatives caucus. Ahead of his meeting with Congress, Musk was asked if he wanted Democratic lawmakers to participate in the DOGE dialogue, and he said, “Yes.”
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