DeSantis goads Congress to follow FL’s DOGE blueprint as Musk’s cuts still wait for vote

Gov. Ron DeSantis urged House Republicans to instrumentality enactment of Florida’s palmy implementation of "DOGE"-type governance and get moving connected slashing waste, fraud and maltreatment identified by the enforcement subdivision organization.

"Elon Musk took monolithic incoming – including attacks connected his companies arsenic good arsenic idiosyncratic smears, to pb the effort connected DOGE," DeSantis posted connected X.

"He became nationalist force #1 of bequest media astir the world. To spot Republicans successful Congress formed speech immoderate meaningful spending reductions (and, successful fact, afloat money things similar USAID) is demoralizing and represents a betrayal of the voters who elected them," the Republican said connected Tuesday.

DeSantis had reposted a remark from erstwhile authorities idiosyncratic Matt van Swol, who claimed legislature Republicans person not done capable to spell to bat for DOGE.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

"DOGE is virtually 1 of the astir fashionable authorities initiatives successful history. 73% of Americans accidental they enactment cutting authorities waste. Trump brought successful the smartest antheral connected world to bash it… …the Left destroyed Elon for it …the GOP won’t ballot connected it I can’t judge this," van Swol said successful the shared message.

In remarks Tuesday, DeSantis expounded upon his concerns, saying that Florida’s enforcement subdivision has successfully implemented DOGE-type policies successful the state, expanding affordability, lowering taxes and ridding Tallahassee of discarded and fraud.

He said Florida has been a authorities for 180 years, and it was his ain medication who reportedly paid down 41% of its accumulated indebtedness to-date. 

DeSantis said the mean Floridian’s stock of the authorities indebtedness is $400, portion federally, their onus is astir $105,000.

The politician noted however Musk stuck his cervix retired for DOGE and saw his car dealerships "firebombed" and however the media "smearing him relentlessly due to the fact that helium fundamentally said, look, we can’t support doing this…"

"And yet, we person a Republican Congress, and to this day, we're successful the extremity of May, past Memorial Day, and not 1 cent successful DOGE cuts person been implemented by the Congress," the one-time congressman said.

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DOGE brag Elon Musk looks connected arsenic President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (AP/Evan Vucci)

"That's 1 of the reasons wherefore we request a balanced fund amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It's different crushed wherefore we request word limits for members of Congress. But I deliberation what you've seen with how, and I benignant of said this aboriginal on, that DOGE and Elon were connected a collision people with the swamp."

Libertarian-minded Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., had lodged a akin ailment – claiming that rescission votes to enactment connected DOGE's projected cuts were "cancelled" earlier successful May – but a apical adjutant to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., disputed the claim. 

"No votes connected rescissions were cancelled this week. The Speaker has repeatedly expressed his committedness to prevention payer funds via the rescissions process," wrote property secretary Athina Lawson.

"Under law, this process requires a peculiar connection to Congress detailing projected rescissions earlier Congress tin act."

House Republicans could not see immoderate DOGE cuts successful the "big beauteous bill" because, successful bid to walk the Senate, the measure could lone woody with statutorily "mandatory" spending concerns.

The rules of Senate Reconciliation preclude that determination arsenic well.

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The 2 options House Republicans person are to hold for a ceremonial rescission petition for a chopped oregon cuts from Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought – a Trump appointee – and instrumentality that up wrong 45 days, oregon effort to walk abstracted authorities themselves done the appropriations process.

The contented with the second is that authorities autarkic of a petition originating from the enforcement subdivision would necessitate 60 votes – portion a rescission petition lone requires a elemental majority.

Republicans presently clasp 53 seats successful the Senate. Two independents – Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King, Jr. of Maine – caucus with Democrats.

However, Republicans person had luck putting Democrats successful a hindrance via the appropriations process, arsenic the past transition of the typically monolithic bills led to members of that enactment turning connected its person – Sen. Charles Schumer of New York – for yet voting to money the authorities earlier this year.

Fox News Digital reached retired to DeSantis and Johnson for comment.