Several congressional Republicans made it a major goal to reverse the $80 billion in additional funding for the IRS (Internal Revenue Service ) included in the Biden Administration's Inflation Reduction Act.
The Republican Party warned that the IRS expansion will attack the middle classes. One of the first politicians to raise his voice on the matter was Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who stated in September that "every single Republicans should commit to not funding Biden's army of IRS agents."
Every single Republican should commit to not funding Biden's army of IRS agents.
Instead, we should secure the border! pic.twitter.com/RiCBjdzCcg
- Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 13, 2022
Since then, the GOP's plan while facing midterms has included a promise to take this extra money away from IRS funding. In this regard, Republican House candidate Anna Paulina Luna (FL) set a countdown to defund the 87,000 new agents hired by the IRS to police citizens' tax affairs.
Time to defund 87,000 IRS AGENTS!
T-20 days. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/2OiZXn6Z7e- Anna Paulina Luna (@VoteAPL) October 20, 2022
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was responsible for making this defunding plan one of the highest priorities among House Republicans a few weeks ago:
On that very first day that we’re sworn in, you’ll see that it all changes. Because on our very first bill, we’re going to repeal 87,000 IRS agents. Our job is to work for you, not go after you,.
Legislature to defund the IRS
In this regard, several Republican members of Congress took action to rescind this increase in IRS funding. Congressmen Adrian Smith (Nebraska) and Michelle Steel (California) recently introduced a bill to rescind those funds intended to "squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers."
"It’s clear the IRS has long lost touch with its mission: to serve taxpayers," said Rep. Smith.
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The bill won't remove funding to improve IRS customer service and information technology systems.
