Musk’s Reconciliation Bill Tirade Is Getting Louder. Is Anyone Listening?

“There’s one leader of this administration,” Sen. Josh Hawley said.

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Elon Musk is throwing grenades into the political process in an attempt to blow up the budget reconciliation bill.

But while his calls to “kill the bill” have fanned flames among a few lawmakers critical of the bill’s price tag, there appear to be limits to his sizable social media influence on Capitol Hill.

“We did the right thing. This is just a first step,” said Rep. Ralph Norman, a member of the DOGE caucus, named after the cost-cutting crusade Musk led before he left the White House last week. “I think Elon has learned a lot about the political process up here.”