Please verify your request* Advertisement A host of conservative interest groups are mobilizing in opposition to a plan to sharply increase funding for the IRS — a key element of the financing for the bipartisan infrastructure deal. The infrastructure framework negotiated by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators includes $40 billion to beef up the IRS as part of an effort to offset costs by collecting more revenue — less than the $80 billion President Biden originally wanted, but a substantial increase nevertheless. The negotiators estimate that the tax agency could generate an additional $140 billion with the increased funding by focusing on taxes that currently go unpaid.