Axios
1 big thing: The DOGE Democrats
Rather than mocking DOGE, more than half a dozen House Democrats told Axios’ Andrew Solender they have their own ideas about how it could save the federal government money.
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), the lone Democrat to join Congress’ new DOGE caucus, said his big idea is to shrink the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, perhaps by removing FEMA and the Secret Service from its umbrella.
- Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) offered several ideas: cutting agency redundancies, consolidating export promotion agencies and instituting self-populating tax forms, as well as the more liberal idea of scrapping fossil fuel subsidies,
- Between the lines: These lawmakers skew younger and male. Some have open ambitions about running for higher office
