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ICYMI: Senate Democrats Are Fighting Back Against DOGE Through GAO

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) (Getty Images)
The GAO is an agency within the Legislative Branch and outside the reach of DOGE. The GAO confirmed by written letter that it will pursue the request for an investigation.
GAOs mission is to support Congress in carrying out its constitutional duties and GAO is a legislative branch agency. As the investigative arm of Congress, GAO examines how federal dollars are spent and how federal programs, policies, and operations work."
GAO operates with a $637m budget, employing approximately 3,000 full-time staff.
In addition, Senate Democrats established this whistleblower website:
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
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Sources:
https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/gao_acceptance_letter.pdf
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2025/02/theres-one-federal-investigative-agency-that-neither-trump-nor-elon-musk-can-touch-it-just-opened-an-investigation-into-doge/
https://www.gao.gov/
https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-wyden-secure-independent-treasury-and-congressional-watchdog-investigations-into-doges-unprecedented-access-to-the-federal-governments-payment-systems
https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/response_from_treasury_ig.pdf
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ICYMI: Senate Democrats Are Fighting Back Against DOGE Through GAO (Original Post)
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 19
OP
Hi ancianita. Thank you for the info. So, we have identified at least 17 of them for now.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 19
#6
Wow! Actual forensic accountants instead of College Crypto Bro Hackers. /nt
bucolic_frolic
Feb 19
#3
MacKasey
(1,348 posts)1. Interesting article for February 19, 2025
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)4. Thank you, MacKasey. We do what we can.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)2. ProPublica listed the DOGE perpetrators in the link below.
ancianita
(40,347 posts)5. There are at least 17 that we know of.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)6. Hi ancianita. Thank you for the info. So, we have identified at least 17 of them for now.

bucolic_frolic
(49,966 posts)3. Wow! Actual forensic accountants instead of College Crypto Bro Hackers. /nt