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Fortune
Irina Ivanova

Elon Musk's DOGE slapped a $1 limit on government credit cards and now workers say they can’t do their jobs

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  • Some federal workers say they can’t do their jobs after a freeze on most federal credit cards. The cards handle $30 billion a year in transactions for basic supplies and services—from legal fees to gas—that federal workers use in the course of business. They aren’t allowed to use their own credit cards for work-related expenses, a source told Fortune. 

The Elon Musk–led push for government cost-cutting has come for federal workers’ credit cards, hampering workers’ ability to buy basic supplies, according to several media reports.

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