Elon Musk, the face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will soon step aside from his duties as the department’s top dog.
And while liberals and other Donald Trump detractors are thrilled that Musk will be stepping away from Capitol Hill, Musk’s replacement has already been named.
And this fiscal-hound isn’t going to let government spending get out of control — again!
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Russell Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will soon take on much of DOGE’s workload.
NEW: Russell Vought to lead DOGE after Elon Musk steps down, WSJ reports.
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Vought’s duties will include working with Congress to recoup funds, reclassifying federal workers and advancing his proposed 2025 budget, which would greatly slash government funding.
Vought is no stranger to DOGE. He has already served as Musk’s lower-profile partner, and has celebrated his own department’s efforts to slash government regulations.
Vought noted that President Trump had vowed to cut 10 government regulations for every one that is added.
Vought has made it a priority to limit military spending increases, which could putt him at direct odds with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
According to the WSJ report, Under Vought’s plan, increases in military expenditures would only be the result of a process known as budget reconciliation – rather than through the annual budget itself, a proposal of which would keep military spending at its current levels.
Congressional Republicans, though, believed they had received assurances from Hegseth that military spending would once again increase in the next budget and were shocked by the White House’s proposal.
With the administration’s budget process kicking into high gear, Vought will oversee a series of initiatives, from cutting agency regulations and working with Congress to claw back funds to reclassifying federal workers and advancing a 2025 budget proposal that seeks to slash spending.
In the coming months, it is believed DOGE will focus on regulation cutting in accordance with a February executive order that instructed heads of government agencies to begin rescinding ‘unlawful regulations.’
Vought is also likely to turn is attention to what is called Schedule F, an executive order that Trump issued in his first term to eliminate job protections for thousands of high-level federal employees. The Biden administration blocked the order, but Trump reintroduced it when he retook office in January.
The OMB director is even expected to push Congress to act on Trump’s $9.3 billion rescissions package that would seek to recover funds from the State Department, USAID, National Public Radio and PBS.