Identical to the so-called Division of Authorities Effectivity it was named after, the Home Delivering Excellent Authorities Effectivity Caucus has delivered little greater than chaos and waste.
Began by Republicans Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Rep. Aaron Bean of Florida, the DOGE caucus pledged to assist multibillionaire Elon Musk scour the federal authorities to discover trillions of {dollars} in waste, fraud, and abuse.
Reps. Jared Moskowitz of Florida and Greg Landsman of Ohio had been the primary Democrats to hitch the committee, arguing that if Republicans are actually fascinated with authorities effectivity and oversight, Democrats must be on the desk. Whereas the transfer drew some criticism, it successfully referred to as Republicans’ bluff.
“The DOGE caucus is dead. It’s defunct. We haven’t met in months. We only had two total meetings in five months. And we weren’t involved at all in anything [happening at DOGE], which Elon was in charge of. Zero. Zilch. Nada. [Musk] did it all on his own,” Moskowitz informed Politico.
He added that “DOGE was a complete failure. Complete failure. Nothing has been made more efficient. Ask the people in Newark [Liberty International Airport, which has suffered delays and cancellations] how efficiency is going.”
And that failure begins on the prime. Musk’s clashes with the Trump administration and DOGE’s failure to ship any actual financial savings—and even spot one instance of waste or fraud—have led him to retreat from the federal government highlight. In the meantime, gross sales of his Tesla automobiles have plummeted, and so has the public’s opinion of him.
The opposite DOGE byproduct, the Home Delivering on Authorities Effectivity subcommittee, chaired by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, has fared no higher. Its rating Democrat, Rep. Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, and fellow lawmakers have repeatedly highlighted the farcical nature of the proceedings. Throughout a latest listening to, Greene wasted time on her ignorant obsession with transgender athletes in sports activities.
If these DOGE offshoots have succeeded at something, it is toeing the Trump administration line: Musk is in some way each accountable for all the pieces DOGE does and fully innocent for its failures.
