''Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act'': Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions

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Reps. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are proposing a bill to stop billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle the federal government in its tracks.

The ‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’ is the latest push from Democratic lawmakers to rein in DOGE, the Trump administration cost-cutting scheme that has set its sights on USAID and the Treasury Department.

Musk’s front-seat role within the administration – parodied by a Time Magazine cover that the president seemed less than impressed with – has attracted major condemnation from elected officials and some setbacks from federal courts. Stansbury and Raskin’s bill would make the world’s richest man personally liable for his department’s dismantling of federal services.

Outside of Congress, federal workers, blue states and student groups have all filed lawsuits seeking to block the unelected billionaire’s goons from accessing the nation’s most sensitive data. A federal judge restrained the department’s unvetted lackeys from accessing payment systems on Saturday morning, emphasizing security and privacy risks.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/08/nobody-elected-elon-musk-act-dems-float-legislation-to-make-musk-liable-for-doges-actions/

[Autumn]

1. Republicans won't vote for it.

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3. that's a bonus if the process gets enuff publicity nt

[kysrsoze]

4. Even if they take the House/Senate, Rump has veto power. I don't know how you get around it.

[Snark Twain]

2. very weak message

"Nobody elected" is a very weak message in light of other government officials that could be appointed. Message on the unprecedent criminality and the lasting damage he is doing. Feel like our democratic leadership is still righting with a nail cutther when MAGA brought a chain saw