Republican senators have told billionaire Elon Musk that decisions to cut government jobs and budgets need to be voted on by Congress.
According to The Hill newspaper on March 5, Mr. Musk had lunch with Republican senators and provided an overview of the work of the US Government Efficiency Committee (DOGE) to cut federal programs considered wasteful.
Senator Rand Paul said DOGE’s efforts to cut the federal government may not be approved by the courts unless Congress approves it by passing a spending reduction bill. Paul mentioned the US Supreme Court’s decision on March 5 to block the freeze on the budget of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Billionaire Elon Musk appeared after lunch with Republican senators at the US Congress on March 5.
“I like everything they’re doing, but we have to vote for those things. Then we need 50 or 51 senators to vote to approve spending cuts,” said Rand Paul.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Senate Republicans support the vote for the cuts. Republican lawmakers say Elon Musk did not inform them about DOGE’s moves.
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The Hill said this reflects Musk’s belief that he can bypass Congress by simply seizing funds that have been legally appropriated by Congress. On March 5, the billionaire said he did not know that Congress could pass a spending cut package with a simple majority of the Senate (at least 50 people) instead of the 60 senators who would need to approve it.
Some senators have complained about a lack of communication between Congress and Mr. Musk’s team, and were somewhat surprised by the layoff announcement. “Every day is a different surprise,” Senator Susan Collins said last week, arguing that a clear approach to government reform would be better than Mr. Musk’s hard-line approach.
Billionaire Elon Musk told senators during a meeting on March 5 that he would establish a process to respond quickly to concerns and questions from Congress.
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