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FIRST ON FOX: In the second meeting of the committee of the Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the president Joni Ernst, R-Iowaled discussions on how they can more effectively and quickly begin to reduce waste across government.
The new 18-member group met Thursday morning and strategized on how to avoid some of the obstacles other similar efforts have run into.
“The Senate DOGE Caucus is hitting the ground running on the first day of the Trump administration to shrink government,” Ernst told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Biden’s inflation has created a target-rich environment to find ways to eliminate waste and hold bureaucracy accountable to the people. Now is the time to get results and, after today, I’m sure we have plans in place.” march to serve as a basis for action in Congress to comply with taxpayers.
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is chair of the DOGE group. (Reuters)
For years, Ernst has been taking inventory of government waste, giving the group a list of places to start eliminating excess bureaucracy and making the government run more efficiently.
Some specific objectives of the caucus are federal teleworking, IRS agents with unpaid taxes and US funding going to foreign laboratories with little accountability.
Caucus members mapped out how they can address these issues in a way that ensures they can get “multiple bites at the apple,” according to Ernst’s office.
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Ernst herself audited the IRS. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
To do this, Republican members plan to take advantage of tools like the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which can be used to overturn established rules. by federal agenciesand budget reconciliation.
The budget reconciliation process is already expected to be a key vehicle for Republican tax and immigration policy goals, and the party has also signaled that it could pass two reconciliation bills this year. One senator even suggested they could introduce three such bills during the 119th Congress.
The benefit of passing legislation through budget reconciliation is that it requires a simple majority and is not subject to the 60-vote threshold of the legislative filibuster. The CRA is also not beholden to the filibuster.
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Republicans are planning to hit the ground running with their new majorities. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The caucus also plans to work with the president-elect. Triumph on executive orders targeting government waste.
The group’s 18 members sit on several different Senate committees, giving them a complete picture of where the most waste is produced.
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President-elect Trump chose Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy, right, to lead DOGE. (Getty Images)
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Last year, Ernst took the opportunity to lay out a plan that cuts $2 trillion of what she says is waste. In it, he recommends selling empty government buildings, auditing the IRS and firing agents who owe taxes, and cutting seemingly random or “dumb” studies conducted by the government, among other things.
DOGE was previously announced by Trump, who tapped billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new advisory council seeking to reduce government waste.
