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Lawmakers join protest against Musk’s attack on US spending and regulation


Jasmine Crockett, Maxine Waters, Ayanna Pressley, Chuck Schumer and others rally outside treasury building

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Elon Musk has proposed a “wholesale removal of regulations” in an intensification of his crusade to slash US federal government spending.

On a call aired on X, the social media platform he owns, the multibillionaire entrepreneur said regulations should be “gone” amid growing opposition to his mission as Donald Trump’s enforcer and head of a newly created “department of government efficiency” (Doge).

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/musk-regulation-spending

Author : Robert Tait in Washington

Publish date : 2025-02-05 00:23:00

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