Senate Republicans push to codify DOGE cuts after Musk meeting

U.S. Senate Republicans pushed for the U.S. Congress to codify spending cuts identified by billionaire on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court declined to let President Donald Trump withhold payments to foreign aid organizations.
After a lunch meeting with Musk, Republican lawmakers acknowledged the 5-4 court ruling did not bode well for White House hopes of taking unilateral action to cut spending allocated by Congress through a controversial process known as impoundment. “There is a realization going to set in that Congress has to be a part of that,” Senate Republican Rand Paul told reporters.
“I love what Elon is doing. I love the cutting of the waste. I love finding all the crazy crap that we’re spending overseas. But to make it real, to make it go beyond the moment of the day, it needs to come back,” the Kentucky Republican said.
Musk huddled behind closed doors with House Republicans on Wednesday evening and spelled out DOGE’s efforts to uncover wasteful spending, an initiative that many Republicans applauded.