Republicans encourage more DOGE cuts as Musk effort snarls shutdown fight

House Republicans don’t see any problem with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s “waste, fraud, and abuse” cuts across federal agencies — in fact, they are advocating more as negotiations over a spending deal hit dead ends over DOGE.

Over a dozen GOP lawmakers told the Washington Examiner ahead of President Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress of his second term that they are comfortable with the action Musk and his team have taken and constituents should be too — even as Democrats have pushed for restrictions on President Donald Trump’s authority in exchange for support on a continuing resolution.