Courts should take 'step back' and allow Elon Musk's DOGE plan, Mike Johnson says
Mike Johnson tamps down ‘DOGE dividend’ talk at CPAC
The plan would see up to $5,000 sent to taxpayers if Elon Musk's DOGE reaches its goal of cutting $2 trillion in federal spending.
Elon Musk's DOGE Stimulus Check Plan Faces Republican Resistance
On Wednesday, at the FII Priority Summit in Miami Beach, President Trump said: "The numbers are incredible, Elon. So many billions, it's billions, hundreds of billions. We're thinking of giving 20 percent back to the American citizens and 20 percent to pay back debt, pay down debt."
The Speaker said he is optimistic he can get enough votes to pass it and has 'no concerns' Elon Musk will try to kill it.
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Thursday against an idea floated by President Donald Trump to reward U.S. taxpayers with DOGE stimulus checks. The time isn’t right, the speaker argued, to send savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts back to Americans in the form of dividend checks.
Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Elon Musk instantly has broken the codes to government agency data with his algorithms which will comb through the data, deciding who lives and dies in the federal government.
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Speaker Johnson discourages DOGE stimulus checks ideaThat marks a break from President Trump and tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk, who have floated the idea in recent days.
House Speaker Mike Johnson praised Elon Musk's DOGE campaign on Monday during an event hosted by "Americans For Prosperity." "For decades, as we all know, we haven't been able to do that job well. Even though we've requested data and insight,
Elon Musk drove another wedge through a conservative consensus on a budget resolution as House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to hold his “big, beautiful bill” together. Johnson was caught between swing district doves wary of cuts to Medicaid and fiscal hawks insisting the $2 trillion spending cuts didn’t go far enough.
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Mike Johnson Hits Back at Elon Musk’s Attempt to Kill Budget Bill“That sounds bad,” Elon Musk replied, reinforcing the MAGA wing’s opposition to Johnson’s version of the budget, which notably does not include the deep cuts to crucial programs that have huge standard-of-living effects, such as Medicaid—and leaving the budget in a precarious, vote-lacking position.
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Johnson is facing stiff opposition from Democrats and some Republicans as he tries to deliver President Trump’s budget.
Donald Trump’s administration remains mired in chaos after Elon Musk issued a new ultimatum on Monday night giving federal workers one more chance to reply to his email threatening their jobs after multiple agency heads told their staff to ignore him.
The House could vote Tuesday on a budget resolution that would lay the framework for President Donald Trump's agenda, extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts and boosting defense spending in exchange for trillions in spending curbs—but GOP divisions could imperil the bill, which marks the first major test of the new Congress.
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers.
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