Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy take their DOGE government efficiency pitch to the Hill

Tech billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to present their ideas for President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE.

The new group is expected to recommend drastic cuts to the federal workforce and to slash regulation. To achieve those goals, though, the group will have to work through Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X, Musk's social media platform, that the pair will discuss "major reform ideas" to "revive the principle of limited government" at their meeting with congressional Republicans.

In social media posts, podcasts, op-eds, books and speeches, Musk and Ramaswamy have sketched out what they have in mind: a 75% reduction in the federal workforce, a $2 trillion cut to federal spending and the elimination of entire agencies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Despite those major proposals, there are significant hurdles to making a sizable dent in overall spending.

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