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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Speaker Johnson: "Elon Has Cracked The Code," "Gotten Into The Belly Of The Beast"
Speaker Johnson Claims Elon Musk Cracked Codes To Infiltrate The Government
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. This is beyond disgusting and despicable.
Elon Musk 'Has Cracked The Code' With DOGE, Johnson Gloats
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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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Elon Musk to attend cabinet meeting as DOGE deadline looms for federal workers - Big tech billionaire grants extension to initial deadline as administration’s Office of Personnel tells agencies that answering mailout is ‘voluntary’,
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Johnson is facing stiff opposition from Democrats and some Republicans as he tries to deliver President Trump’s budget.
Musk Says DOGE Stimulus Checks a Possibility. Will It Actually Happen?
What is DOGE? Will Trump send taxpayers a $5,000 stimulus check? Here's what to know
President Donald Trump said he's considering a plan to pay out $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a 'DOGE dividend' during a speech.
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."
House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he preferred to pay off national debt.
President Donald Trump had said earlier this week his administration was weighing sending 20% of savings by DOGE to taxpayers.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the lower chamber is very close to having enough votes to pass the budget plan that President Trump endorsed. CBS News' Taurean Small has more.
The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists, and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the Republican president’s tech-driven purge of the federal workforce.
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