Democratic lawmakers raised alarms Tuesday about the speedy way the Trump administration has sought to overhaul the federal government and curtail spending, but all but admitted that their strategy largely depends on other people to act to stop it.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, at a news conference to criticize actions by Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, said they would introduce legislation to prevent it called the “Stop the Steal” Act.
The law would place new legal limits on access to Treasury Department payment systems, which the DOGE reportedly received over the weekend. But it would require Republicans, some of whom have set up or signed onto DOGE caucuses and in the case of the House even a standing subcommittee in order to work with Musk, to help bring up and pass a bill that would rely on Trump to sign into law and then enforce..
