Recently, after being named the 47th president of the United States of America, Trump announced that his administration will have a Department of Government Efficiency, which will ensure that the federal government and agencies are efficient. The department is led by the richest man in the world, Elon Musk and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.
Now, the department is eyeing recommendations for a list of federal programs, including veterans’ healthcare, children’s grants, and NASA. Although the fine details of the proposal are still unknown, the department wrote an opinion piece on Wednesday that the department will target cuts to federal spending that are“unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended.”
DOGE posted a link to a report by the Congressional Budget Office on X, confirming what programs will be at the center of the cuts in spending. The CBO report included 491 programs, totaling about $516 billion. The programs included are as follows-
Veterans’ medical care – $119.075B
National Institutes of Health – $44.176B
Section 8 housing assistance – $36.684B
Pell Grants – $22.488B
Local education grants for disadvantaged students – $18.418B
Foreign military sales and financing – $13.239B
Head Start – $12.175B
Foreign aid economic support fund – $11.585B
Federal Bureau of Investigation – $10.848B
Coast Guard operations and maintenance – $10.685B
Foreign Affairs Administration – $9.003B
Medical facilities for veterans exposed to toxic substances – $8.998B
Federal building capital and operating funds – $8.785B
Child care and development block grants – $8.759B
Federal prison system – $8.716B
NASA Exploration – $7.878B
Migration and refugee assistance – $7.425B
NASA Science – $7.362B
HHS refugee and entrant assistance programs – $6.918B
Transportation Security Administration – $6.695B
State vocational rehab programs for people with disabilities – $6.425B
NASA Space operations – $4.228B
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) – $4.134B
Homeless assistance grants – $4.098B
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Along with the report, Vivek Ramaswamy also posted it on X and said, “If the spending isn’t authorised, then we shouldn’t be spending it. That shouldn’t be controversial.” However, the department can only recommend proposals and not act on them. For this proposal to be accepted, it first needs to be passed by Congress, which is a tough sell.
