WASHINGTON—During the first two months of the second Trump administration, few issues have united Democrats like opposition to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a time-limited organization directed by executive order to “to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity” across scores of agencies.
That unified anti-DOGE message came through from both the New Democrat Coalition and the more left-leaning Congressional Progressive Caucus. The groups held separate press conferences at a retreat for House Democrats on March 13.
The New Democrats’ chair, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), described Musk as an “unelected billionaire and shadow president,” celebrating a federal judge’s order to the administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it fired….