Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk met with House Republicans Wednesday night to update them on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as the newly created group takes significant steps to reduce the size and scope of the federal government.

The conversation followed a decision made by House Republicans — led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — to punt codifying the DOGE cuts until after September, delaying the process so lawmakers have more time to parse through the particulars.

But while Republicans have ruled out incorporating measures to reflect DOGE cuts in an upcoming stopgap measure to keep the government open past March 14, Johnson said the group talked about the possibility of clawing back some of that funding at a later date in a separate package even if they do pass a "clean" continuing resolution.

"We talked about that," Johnson said when asked about recessions. "If there are savings and things that relate to FY 25 and we have already passed the CR then yes, of course, you will have recessions that would come from the administration, from the executive branch, and then Congress would act upon that, because we........

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