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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—better known as D.O.G.E—has begun cutting the Social Security Administration without telling some of the highest-ranking Republicans who oversee it. The changes started with office closures, staff layoffs, reduced phone services, and a new rule that forces certain applicants to register in person. All of this rolled out fast, quietly, and without input from lawmakers responsible for monitoring the agency. According to NBC News, multiple senior Republicans confirmed they were not warned. The silence came despite their positions on key Senate committees connected to Social Security. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and the current chair of the Senate Finance subcommittee on Social Security, said he was never told about the moves. “No, I have not been,” Chuck said. When asked again if advance notice would help him do his job, he answered, “I have not been. I have not been.” GOP senators were never briefed on D.O.G.E’s moves Steve Daines, Republican from Montana and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said the same thing. On the same day he questioned Trump’s nominee to run Social Security about long wait times, Steve said no one from the administration gave him any heads-up. “No, we haven’t,” he said. “I haven’t had any heads-up on any specific announcements.” When asked whether he wanted to be informed, he said, “I’d like to know about it, yeah.” Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican who worked on a failed bipartisan plan to overhaul Social Security with Senator Angus King of Maine, was also left out. Their reform talks have stalled, and King publicly criticized Elon and D.O.G.E over the new rules. Staff for both senators declined to say anything further. The White House also refused to comment. While Republican lawmakers were ignored, the changes are being noticed by everyone else.…

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