The Rule of Five, formally known as Section 2954, was first enacted in 1928, establishing a right for lawmakers to access information from the executive branch.

Senate Democrats, led by Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), Elizabeth Warren (MA), and Ron Wyden (OR), have introduced the Pick Up After Your DOGE Act, which would require security and performance audits and fixes of federal computer systems and networks accessed by DOGE personnel.

Senate Democrats are invoking a little-known legal provision in an effort to force President Donald Trump’s administration to release files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose ties to powerful figures,