DOGE 'playbook' unveiled by GOP senator as Musk-led agency shakes up federal government

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., debuted his yearly publication of "federal fumbles" that helium believes tin supply further ideas for the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arsenic it continues to aggressively slash national bureau spending. 

The founding Senate DOGE Caucus subordinate filled 26 pages with examples of what helium believes are authorities shortcomings and inefficiencies, arsenic good arsenic the wealth they waste. 

In a missive to readers, Lankford wrote, "My extremity is to make a roadmap for DOGE, identifying cardinal areas wrong the national authorities and solutions to hole them."

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One of the fumbles cited was related to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which was precocious dismantled by DOGE. 

Lankford pointed to a May 2024 study from the Special Inspector General from Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that showed $11 cardinal successful payer currency had gone to the violent radical the Taliban since 2021, the twelvemonth President Joe Biden oversaw the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

This was revealed aft USAID had claimed successful its ain study that nary wealth had been intercepted by the Taliban. 

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Lankford prescribed implementing a "tougher, much broad screening process to vet organizations and partners receiving aid" to debar this successful the future. 

Another country highlighted by the Senate DOGE Caucus subordinate was the quality broadcasting entities, the U.S. Agency of Global Media (USAGM) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which helium said undercut the U.S. connected the satellite signifier and astatine location contempt receiving wealth from Congress. 

He noted that "956 cardinal was spent showcasing United States authorities scandals and weaknesses wrong our country" connected Voice of America (VOA) and the bureau of CUBA Broadcasting (OCB), which service to supply accusation to regions with constricted state of the press. The 2 organizations are overseen by USAGM. 

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Additionally, the Republican remarked that CPB, a backstage enactment which receives wealth from Congress, successful crook provides important funds to NPR and PBS. The 2 outlets person agelong been criticized for a perceived bias against Republicans. 

In fact, an exertion publically called retired NPR past twelvemonth for its bias, citing examples similar Hunter Biden's laptop and its deficiency of coverage. This led to a renewed effort from Republicans successful Congress to defund CPB.

The "Playbook for DOGE" besides addressed what it labeled "Biden's Biggest Fumble." 

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"Arguably the biggest fumble of the Biden medication was the mode they handled the confederate border. Specifically, however the U.S. Customs and Border Protection released hundreds of thousands of amerciable aliens into this state with a portion of insubstantial asking them to self-report to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing anyplace successful the country," it reads, referring to the immigrants paroled into the country. 

To code this, Lankford called to reinstate the "Remain successful Mexico" policy, which the Trump medication has indicated it volition do. He stressed that "Congress indispensable inactive walk authorities to forestall immoderate aboriginal president from allowing amerciable aliens into the state with nary vetting and to adjacent the asylum loophole."