House Republicans Will Try to Rescind I.R.S. Funding (NYTimes)

Their first legislative move will seek to cut billions
in funding that Democrats passed last year to help
the agency crack down on tax cheats.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans, in one of their first legislative moves, will seek to cut funding for the Internal Revenue Service, as conservative lawmakers try to kneecap President Biden’s $80 billion overhaul of the beleaguered agency.

The measure, which could come to the House floor as early as Monday evening, does not have the votes to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, let alone receive approval from Mr. Biden.

But the legislation serves as an opening salvo from the new Republican majority, which is seeking to undercut the policy accomplishments of Democrats over the past two years, when they controlled both Congress and the White House.

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Rest of the story: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/house-republicans-irs-funding.html

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Gee, I wonder why Republican want to keep cutting the IRS budget?

Oh, wait, I’ll add the next paragraph of the story:

(Cont:)

The administration, in a statement of policy confirming that Mr. Biden would veto the measure, dismissed it as “a reckless bill” that demonstrated the new majority’s “top economic priority is to allow the rich and multibillion-dollar corporations
to skip out on their taxes, while making life harder for ordinary, middle-class families that pay the taxes they owe.”

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