Republicans have lined up in droves to tie their names to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s much touted “Department of Government Efficiency,” with dozens of lawmakers joining the newly formed Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency Caucus.
Republicans are all in on DOGE’s catch-all mission of slashing spending and inefficiencies, but specifics on how Congress can support DOGE’s ambitious goals for spending cuts have yet to materialize. The caucus — like DOGE itself — doesn’t have any real power, at least not yet. And with many constituencies on and off Capitol Hill, it’s not clear yet that the bright-eyed enthusiasts of the DOGE caucus will find much agreement on what, where and how to cut things.
What the caucus does have, though, is a lot of members. DOGE caucus co-founder Rep. Aaron Bean told NOTUS that membership stood at over 70 lawmakers as of last Thursday and he expected that number to hit triple digits soon, which would make it one of the larger caucuses in Congress.