DOGE is at the center of the government shutdown fight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : House Republicans have drafted a bill to extend current levels of government funding for another year, plus some cuts that Democrats oppose.
50% : For years, government funding has played out as such: Almost every Democrat votes for the bill -- even if it contains some cuts or provisions that they oppose -- because they tend to be the temperamentally pro-government party.
42% : Republicans argue that even if they're unhappy with the level of spending dictated by the bill, Trump can assert the power of impoundment, essentially refusing to spend money that Congress approves.
38% : "It will enable Donald Trump and Elon Musk to continue to cut the federal government," Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, the chairman of the House Democratic caucus, said of the GOP-drafted bill to fund the government for the next year.
38% : Democrats argue the absence of those instructions will grant Trump even further latitude to reshape the federal government -- and punish his opponents.
24% : Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri told BI there's "no way" he would have supported the bill "without DOGE or Trump."
18% : "It's just a handoff of power to President Trump to punish localities that he doesn't like and reward those he does," Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told BI.

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