Democrats in the House of Representatives have laid down the foundations for a plan to try and gain congressional oversight over the Department of Government Efficiency just several days after millions of whiny liberals across America boo-hooed about the department cutting waste spending.
Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever seeing as cutting waste spending saves them money and makes the nation more prosperous. Who in their right minds is against reducing the wast of tax dollars in order to help our country remain solvent? It’s self-sabotage.
Is it any wonder so many people are beginning to think liberalism is a mental illness?
“Two Democratic lawmakers have joined forces to introduce a bill that would force DOGE to disclose its own inner workings, including everything from a personnel registry to its reasonings for firing thousands of federal employees. For now, bluster may be all the two men can muster, given Republicans’ majority control of the lower chamber,” Trending Politics News reported.
“Still, it’s the latest sign that Democrats are in a bind and seeking ways to challenge the cost-cutting agency formed by President Donald Trump and advisor Elon Musk. During Saturday’s “Hands Off” demonstrations, millions of Democratic-leaning protestors showered liberal lawmakers with the same animus that they aimed at Republicans, accusing the powerless party of failing to be more of a bulwark in Congress,” the article continued.
The new piece of legislation, known as the “DOGE Accountability and Transparency Act,” is set to be introduced by two Democratic representatives, Brad Schneider of Illinois and Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts. It will require DOGE to “provide weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to any Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for other purposes.”
In separate statements, Schneider and Lynch mocked Trump and Musk for their hatchet-style approach to trimming the federal budget.
“We should not allow Elon Musk to recklessly take a chainsaw to our federal government; he must answer to Congress and provide real, regular updates on DOGE’s actions,” Schneider went on to write when in announcing the bill.
“We cannot let President Trump’s version of ‘Wreck-it-Ralph’ distract us while Elon Musk continues to gut agencies that are responsible for providing American families with essential needs and services,” Lynch added.
Other changes required of DOGE under the bill would be an accounting of all firings, budget cuts, policy changes, physical alterations to federal buildings or relocations, and data accessed by the department’s staff, the outlet stated.
If this bill were to pass it would then require DOGE to submit its first report within a week’s time. The document would need to cover all activities since the beginning of Trump’s second term.
It’s worth reemphasizing that this political theater is a nonstarter under House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who not only controls a larger majority after two special elections last week but is also busy melding Senate recommendations to Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill with those previously passed by the House.
Asked for comment, Johnson said he had not yet read the letter sent to him by Jeffries but suggested he is open to debating the Bronx Democrat over spending, illegal immigration, and election integrity.
“That’s interesting. I’m happy to debate him anytime,” Johnson said in an interview with The Hill.
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