Canceling federal contracts and grants are real savings that can be done at the executive level through White House’s Department of Government Efficiency, some Republican senators assert, although with an eye to using congressional action as well to cut costs.
“I think it’s been very effective, and it can be very effective. And I think the cuts are going to be made without congressional action,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., a member of the Senate appropriations and budget committees, told The Daily Signal in a brief Capitol Hill interview. “When the executive branch cancels a contract, for example, the money is saved.”
Republicans broadly support DOGE, though vary in views as to whether, how, and at what point Congress should take action to advance President Donald Trump’s initiative, spearheaded by entrepreneur Elon Musk to slash waste, fraud, and abuse in…
