A $9.4 billion spending cut bill is set to be presented to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of efforts to improve government efficiency and save taxpayers money.
The Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russ Vought, mentioned that President Trump plans to submit this package to Congress on Wednesday.
The report followed a prolonged internal discussion about how to implement the cuts related to Elon Musk’s government efficiency initiative. Some unnamed sources indicated that Republican officials had begun informing various House Republicans about the plan early Wednesday morning.
The upcoming $9.4 billion bill represents only a small portion of the proposed Doge Cuts, which fall short of some expectations from Musk’s camp. The two Republicans noted that the focus would be on organizations like NPR and PBS, in addition to foreign aid programs already constrained during Trump’s administration.
Vought recently indicated that additional Doge Cuts could be on their way to Congress soon, mentioning that these would not all be included in a single bill, according to a report from Breitbart News on Thursday.
“This is still in the proposal stage, and we’ve had discussions about it. We want to ensure that Congress approves this first bill, which includes the Doge cuts,” Vought explained during an interview with Fox Business.
Doge, which was previously overseen by Elon Musk, reportedly generated estimated savings of $175 billion through its initiatives, as stated on its website.
During a ceremony at the Oval Office on Friday, Trump plans to hand over White House keys to Musk, marking the conclusion of Musk’s time as a special government employee, which is expected to end in about 130 days.
However, Musk clarified that “this isn’t the end of Doge, it’s actually the beginning.” He emphasized that the Doge team would grow stronger over time, hinting at the potential for significant reductions in waste and fraud across the government.
