Elon Musk Works Congress as He Eyes $2 Trillion Budget Chop (3)

Elon Musk met with lawmakers Thursday to stoke congressional enthusiasm for his ambitious effort to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget, a level of austerity unprecedented in the US since the winding down of World War II.

Musk and his partner in the initiative, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, are meeting with groups of lawmakers, followed by a session all Republican House members have been invited to, said GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene who will lead a new House subcommittee devoted to the effort.

After a morning meeting with John Thune, the Senate’s incoming ...