Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is chairwoman of the DOGE caucus. (Reuters)
For years, Ernst has been taking inventory of government waste, which has given the caucus a list of places to begin eliminating excess bureaucracy and making the government run more efficiently.
Some specific targets for the caucus are federal telework, IRS agents with unpaid taxes and U.S. funding going to foreign laboratories with little accountability.
Caucus members mapped out how they can address these items in a way that ensures they can get "multiple bites at the apple," per Ernst's office.
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The caucus is also planning to work with President-elect Trump on executive orders aimed at government waste.
The 18 members of the caucus serve on a number of different Senate committees, giving them a well-rounded idea of where the most waste exists.
President-elect Trump tapped Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy, right, to lead DOGE. (Getty Images)
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Last year, Ernst took the opportunity to lay out a plan that cuts $2 trillion of what she says is waste. In it, she recommends selling empty government buildings, auditing the IRS and firing agents that owe taxes, and slashing seemingly random or "silly" studies conducted by the government, among other things.
DOGE was previously announced by Trump, who tapped billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new advisory board looking to cut government waste.
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