Posted on 02/05/2025 9:06:45 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee quickly quashed an effort by Democrats to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the panel to answer questions about a series of actions impacting federal agencies and their workforce.
The move clearly caught Republicans by surprise. They initially did not have enough votes to quash the motion, sending lawmakers scrambling back to the hearing room.
“Who is this unelected billionaire that he can attempt to dismantle federal agencies, fire people, transfer them, offer them early retirement and have sweeping changes to agencies without any congressional review, oversight or concurrence? Therefore, Mr. Chairman, given his prominence and his importance, I move that the committee subpoena Elon Musk to come report as a witness at the earliest possible moment,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said.
In recent weeks Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader, has sent staff to a suite of agencies and tapped into databases at the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department.
Similar actions have taken place at the U.S. Agency for International Development where employees have been shut out of their email and told not to show up to the office.
He was also the brainchild behind a new federal government program offering buyouts to federal employees: eight months of pay and benefits to entice workers to leave their jobs.
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Congress pubs are idiots, how is it they are so unaware that they almost did not have the votes to quash this.
Getting caught by surprise is incomitance of the highest level. Anyone reading the news saw this coming.
Lazy, worthless, wanna be princes that need sent back to the labor force, not sitting in the halls of government.
They should be careful what they ask for. The Democrats look terrible every time these days.
The US people elected President Trump. Trump, set up DOGE under 5 USC 3161. "This law governs the creation of and staffing for what is known as a “temporary organization” in the government."
So this shameless reckless daily lying about Musk's authority to do this needs to cease
Trump and his team have lost all fear of Democrats.
“Why are you drying up all our slush funds?” is what they’d ask if they were honest.
Hearings with Elon would have been entertaining, but he’s otherwise busy right now.
They should have allowed it. I would have loved to have seen Elon tear them a new a$$hole and put the democrats on display supporting and defending the need to fund LGBTQ/DEI expenditures, money funneled to their PACS, money funneled to the MSM to support propaganda, etc.
As a matter of fact, The Republican should have him a give a monthly presentation to both the House and Senate, complete with the money trail showing where these funds went and how it was split off to the benefit of the pols.
START THINKING, YOU DOLTS!
How will we pay for our Dachas and mistresses?
Democrats must not like audits and accountability....or exposure of what they are funding.
Didn’t the prior Treasury Secretary say we were broke, broke, broke?
“ This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin using on January 21.
First, I have determined that, by reason of the statutory debt limit, I will be unable to fully invest the portion of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (CSRDF) not immediately required to pay beneficiaries, and that a “debt issuance suspension period” will begin on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, and last through Friday, March 14, 2025. ”
As a matter of fact, The Republican should have him a give a monthly presentation to both the House and Senate, complete with the money trail showing where these funds went and how it was split off to the benefit of the pols.
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Broadcast on CSPAN.
And Sesame Street so the young ones can learn how corrupt these bastards are too.
And Sesame Street so the young ones can learn how corrupt these bastards are too.
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OOh Yeah! Thanks for the reminder.
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