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DOGE Caucus senator pushes to end 'slush fund' for presidential candidates: 'Welfare for politicians'

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A top DOGE senator is seeking to claw back $400 million sitting in a "slush fund" set up to help presidential candidates that hasn’t borne fruit since Y2K.

The last winning presidential candidate to pull from the fund was Texas Gov. George W. Bush in 2000 , and later in 2004 .

Since then, a handful of unsuccessful candidates have utilized it, including former Vice President Mike Pence and Green Party candidate Jill Stein .