Paying to Fire and Rehire — Administration response

Reporting and findings

1. reported

   A White House spokesman rejected the Partnership analysis as an illegitimate effort to undermine DOGE's efficiency claims but did not provide a component-by-component alternative estimate in the cited report.

   • CBS News: DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis saysWhite House response following the Partnership model description