'Efficient and accountable': GOP-led DOGE bill aims to slash outflow of federal dollars

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are eyeing ways to slash the outpouring of national dollars aft President-elect Donald Trump signaled that cutting authorities reddish portion would beryllium a large portion of his agenda.

Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Okla., introduced a caller measure connected Thursday, titled the "Decreasing Overlapping Grants Efficiently (DOGE) Act," which would found a strategy for cutting down connected redundant authorities grants from crossed aggregate departments.

It comes aft Trump announced the instauration of an advisory panel called the Department of Government Efficiency, which helium tapped Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk to lead.

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Congress is racing to beryllium acceptable to execute the recommendations of President-elect Donald Trump's caller DOGE commission. (Getty Images)

"Like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, I'm looking astatine ways to marque the authorities much businesslike and accountable," Bice told Fox News Digital. "The DOGE Act would make a deconfliction and tracking strategy for national grants that not lone reduces discarded but besides builds assurance successful however nationalist funds are distributed and managed."

In summation to the tracking strategy the authorities creates, it besides prohibits the authorities from issuing aggregate national grants to the aforesaid applicant for the aforesaid oregon akin purpose.

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The measure is being led by House Main Street Caucus Vice Chair Stephanie Bice. (Getty Images)

It would besides committee a study connected the benefits of utilizing artificial quality to much efficiently place duplicative assistance applications.

One of the bill's co-sponsors is Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., who co-founded the DOGE Caucus successful the House earlier this week.

It is different motion of Republicans readying to clasp each the levers of powerfulness successful Washington, D.C., adjacent year, erstwhile the GOP volition instrumentality implicit the Senate and White House successful summation to retaining power of the House.

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When announcing the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump said the sheet would assistance his medication "slash excess regulations, chopped wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., recently announced a caller subcommittee for the 119th Congress to correspond with the Department of Government Efficiency.