Heartburn among Republican senators is intensifying over the Trump administration’s sweeping federal spending freezes, cuts, and layoffs that could jeopardize services or programs in lawmakers’ home states.
The rapid government changes, made without congressional approval to funds Congress already appropriated, have come from executive orders by President Donald Trump and at the direction of billionaire ally Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The actions of DOGE, which has claimed to have so far saved taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, have left many GOP senators with a burning question: Who do I contact about impacts to my state and restoring funds? Republicans are finding many of their inquiries going unanswered.
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