Democrats are largely skeptical of Elon Musk's push to ax wasteful government spending. But some in the party aren't fully dismissing the DOGE goals.

Elon Musk rejects economic scarcity ideology, suggesting that there is basically "infinite potential" for creating jobs and businesses.

Republicans warn the business leaders' lack of government experience could lead to clashes over spending decisions.

WASHINGTON – Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are urging lawmakers not to pass a government funding extension that would prevent a major shutdown at the end of the week. "This bill should not pass," Musk wrote on X Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday congressional leadership unveiled legislation to punt the government funding deadline down the road, but that bill was pronounced dead only hours after it was revealed.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal

The point of Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE is to cut entitlement programs so Trump can give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations

Once Musk and Ramaswamy step into their roles, they'll have to answer for commitments they've made, such as firing employees and deleting departments.

Some House Republicans are privately fuming at the 11th-hour involvement of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in government funding talks.

The Trump administration’s approach risks undermining the federal government’s ability to serve the public while wasting taxpayer dollars.”

In other words, while Musk has publicly advocated for reductions to federal spending in the trillions, there was no explicit evidence of him saying he wants to cut Social Security benefits, specifically, or tangible proof of him working towards that alleged objective, as of this writing.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he spoke with Musk about his displeasure Tuesday night, though the DOGE cohead said on X that the bill shouldn't pass.