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• DOGE Can't Slash Government Without Congress

  By Gene Healy| Cato Institute Verified So far, DOGE has stuck to the go-it-alone strategy Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined in The Wall Street Journal after the election: “driving change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than by passing new laws.” But that’s not how any of this works. Neither the president nor his proxies can summarily zero out agencies and departments for which Congress has provided statutory authority and funding.

  By Gene Healy · Cato Institute

  Feb. 20, 2025

• DOGE can’t slash government without Congress

  By Gene Healy| Reason Verified DOGE The federal leviathan can’t be dismantled by executive action alone. To truly cut spending and rein in the bureaucracy, the administration needs buy-in from the branch that built it.

  By Gene Healy · Reason

  Feb. 18, 2025

• DOGE Can't Slash Government Without Congress

  By Gene Healy| Cato Institute Verified So far, DOGE has stuck to the go-it-alone strategy Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined in The Wall Street Journal after the election: “driving change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than by passing new laws.” But that’s not how any of this works. Neither the president nor his proxies can summarily zero out agencies and departments for which Congress has provided statutory authority and funding.

  By Gene Healy · Cato Institute

  Feb. 20, 2025

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