America ‘MAGIC MOMENT’ FOR FISCAL CONSERVATIVES States Rush
Just like Elon Musk, they want to reduce regulations, cut spending, and enhance ef iciency.
A BY DAVID A. PATTEN
cross the nation, states have begun emu- lating the DOGE fed- eral accountability
push that has turned Washington’s bureaucratic establishment on its head. Several have established state-level equivalents of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effi ciency (DOGE) — an indication voters want as much fi s- cal responsibility as possible, and not just in the nation’s capital. “Politics can trickle down,” GOP
strategist Jesse Hunt recently told The Hill. “And I think there is a lot of energy behind what DOGE is doing and their mission.” Among the major state-
level, DOGE-like develop- ments: New Hampshire GOP
Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s fi rst exec- utive order created the Gran- ite State’s new Commission on Government Effi ciency. GOP Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order in February
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to Enact DOGE Cost-Cutting
establishing DOGE-OK as part of the state Offi ce of Management and Enter- prise Services. Stitt said DOGE-OK’s goal is “to keep the focus on fl at budgets and limiting government.” The state Senate in Missouri
unveiled an online portal residents can use to report “any instances of government duplication, waste, or ineffi ciencies.” The Texas Legislature
recently unveiled plans to establish a Delivery of Gov- ernment Effi ciency Com- mittee in the Lone Star State to halt wasteful spending. Similar eff orts are report- edly underway in Kansas,
Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. While blue strongholds continue their tax-and-spend ways, GOP legisla-
The Texas Legislature recently unveiled plans to establish a Delivery of Government Effi ciency Committee in the Lone Star State to halt wasteful spending.
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tors in Arizona appear especially eager to rein in their spending. They’re taking a page from the
DOGE playbook that’s exposed major spending boondoggles in USAID, FEMA, and the EPA — to name a few. Arizona Republicans recently cre-
ated a Regulatory Oversight Committee in the state House, as well as a Regula- tory Aff airs and Government Effi ciency Committee in the Senate. Both com- mittees are expected to impose DOGE- friendly standards on state agencies and programs promoting spending transparency and accountability. Arizona GOP state Rep. Alex Kolo-
din, who says he was inspired by the “groundswell of support” nationally for President Donald Trump’s campaign to rein in federal spending, recently submitted bills that would repeal sever- al state boards and commissions, while giving lawmakers and the public more leeway to challenge state agency rules and regulations. “We want to take an ax to the size of government,” Kolodin stated, “and its interference in the lives of Arizonans.”
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