The continuing resolution is the one near-term lever Democrats might have to limit the Musk/Trump administration lawbreaking.
A current tally of positions on the Continuing Resolution makes it quite clear that things are very much in flux right now, which makes constituent pressure important. Call your senators and tell them to oppose.
Chuck Schumer, minority leader of the Senate, said that Hakeem Jeffries (who himself has taken the “cower in the corner” approach) needs to work with New York Republicans in the house and ask them to play nice because there’s nothing he can do in the Senate.
There’s your answer.
To put it in terms of the headline: Democrats pick up their sword, and drive it into their own chest.