DOGE is sputtering on Capitol Hill

On Wednesday, the House DOGE subcommittee held a hearing on transgender athletes in fencing, a topic largely unrelated to cost-cutting and government efficiency.

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• It's not just Elon Musk's planned step-back. DOGE-related initiatives are stalling in Congress, too.
• The DOGE caucus hasn't met in months, and the DOGE committee held an off-topic hearing.
• "The DOGE caucus in Congress is dead, it's defunct," one lawmaker said recently.

Everywhere you look in Washington...