IRS Budget Battle Far From Over After Debt Ceiling Pact
Even with the recent IRS funding cuts, Republicans want to slash even more, setting up an appropriations fight with Democrats.
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Even with the recent IRS funding cuts, Republicans want to slash even more, setting up an appropriations fight with Democrats.
WASHINGTON — A handshake deal to redirect IRS funding to offset tight spending caps for other domestic programs won’t mark the end of a partisan battle over expanding the tax collecting agency. About $21 billion of an $80 billion tranche of funding that Democrats enacted last year is set to be cut and repurposed as part of the agreement between President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the debt limit and cap federal agency spending.
Q: When the House of Representatives passed the debt reduction bill last week how did Rep. Kathy Manning and Rep. Virginia Foxx vote? Were both in favor or opposed? —
Votes cast by area members of Congress May 26-June 1.
Hard-right House conservatives derailed legislation scheduled for floor votes Tuesday in a rebuke to GOP leadership.