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The dispersed of DOGE-centric authorities and bureaucracies has taken disconnected similar a SpaceX rocket successful respective states crossed the state since Elon Musk and lawmakers similar Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., began their enactment this year.
Bean, seat of the bipartisan DOGE Caucus, was asked astir copycat initiatives popping up astir the state and remarked, "America has DOGE fever."
"As elected officials, we indispensable guarantee we are bully stewards of payer dollars. This means we indispensable identify, analyse and destruct wasteful spending."
With a governor’s contention successful November and President Donald Trump lone losing their authorities by a historically tiny margin, Garden State Republicans appeared bullish this week arsenic they enactment distant a connection to "bring DOGE to New Jersey."
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GOP Assemblymen Alex Sauickie and Christopher DePhillips precocious introduced Resolution 213 to make the NJ Delegation connected Government Efficiency wrong the Treasury Department.
Sauickie quoted erstwhile President Ronald Reagan’s 1985 retort that "government is similar a babe – an alimentary canal with a large appetite astatine 1 extremity and nary work astatine the other."
"Except babies, if raised and disciplined rightly, turn into adults who usually go productive members of society. Those adopting our authorities budgets amusement nary specified discipline," Sauickie said, adding that it is clip for "grownups to instrumentality work and accidental ‘no’" to reckless spending.
Some Trenton lawmakers person painted New Jersey’s fiscal outlook arsenic a "fiscal cliff," and DePhillips blamed outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy for claiming helium inherited the occupation from Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
"Taxpayers privation accountability for however their hard-earned wealth is spent," DePhillips said.
He besides called connected Murphy to "stop warring Trump" and little New Jersey’s concern taxes earlier the third-founded authorities successful the national "loses out" connected the imaginable upswing of the caller administration.
Republican authorities Sen. Joe Pennacchio added successful a recent Fox News Digital interview that helium would beryllium forming a DOGE committee successful the authorities legislature.
"We're mirroring what the national authorities and what [Musk is] doing," said Pennacchio.
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This week, Kentucky lawmakers besides prioritized authorities ratio measures, with Republican authorities Rep. Jared Bauman forwarding a measure to found a moving radical to assistance the authorities treasury modernize its taxation collections and accounting.
In Texas, lawmakers successful some the authorities Senate and House are moving connected DOGE-centric initiatives.
Senate President Pro-Tempore Brandon Creighton, a Republican, archetypal oversaw the transition of the strongest DEI prohibition successful the U.S. during the 2023 session, which eliminated billions successful taxpayer-funded discarded and refocused nationalist universities connected acquisition implicit societal issues.
After DOGE formed astatine the national level, Creighton said Texas is already a exemplary for however a jurisdiction that prioritizes authorities ratio volition work.
"Seeing the swift enactment by President Trump and Elon Musk with DOGE is simply a invited and indispensable caller epoch successful Washington, D.C. – and I cognize they are conscionable getting started," Creighton told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday.
"Many person said that Washington should instrumentality notes from Texas – due to the fact that the Texas economical motor is impervious that erstwhile authorities is committed to efficiency, accountability and blimpish results, taxpayers win."
Meanwhile, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, officially the president of the Senate, announced a measure precocious past period called "Texas DOGE – Improving Government Efficiency," according to Bloomberg.
Another reported measure by Republican authorities Sen. Bryan Hughes would signifier a DOGE bureau successful the enforcement branch.
Meanwhile, the Texas House is considering forming a DOGE committee to analyse authorities ratio done a 13-member panel.
It would analyse fraud claims, inefficient usage of taxation dollars, and the usage of AI, according to FOX-7.
In Missouri, Republican authorities Rep. Ben Baker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Missourians judge the authorities authorities is not arsenic businesslike oregon responsive arsenic it should be.
"We privation to look into that," said Baker.
Baker precocious announced helium was named to pb the state’s caller DOGE Standing Committee, adding his enactment volition "align with national efforts."
In New Hampshire, newly-inaugurated Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s archetypal enforcement bid created a 15-member Commission connected Government Efficiency (COGE).
"COGE volition marque america smarter than ever earlier erstwhile it comes to redeeming payer dollars and uncovering amended ways to service the radical of our state," she said successful her inaugural address.
It volition beryllium led by erstwhile Gov. Craig Benson and businessman Andy Crews.
North Carolina besides sought to get successful connected the DOGE trend.
Republican House Speaker Destin Hall unveiled the caller NC Select Committee connected Government Efficiency.
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State Reps. Keith Kidwell and John Torbett, some Republicans, volition pb the initiative, looking into waste, duplication, mismanagement and law violations.
"As the caller Trump medication rightfully takes purpose astatine Washington D.C.’s wasteful spending and inefficient bureaucracy, it is clip for america successful Raleigh to bash the same," Kidwell said successful a statement.
Bean, the U.S. House’s DOGE leader, further remarked connected the corporate efforts:
"It’s breathtaking to spot states prime up the DOGE baton, and I applaud their efforts to amended authorities ratio and halt the maltreatment of payer dollars."
Some successful Congress, however, person formed uncertainty connected DOGE. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., said astatine an anti-DOGE rally that immoderate of the actions astatine the national level are "completely illegal."
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