House votes to rescind billions in funding to the IRS in first major action with McCarthy as speaker

 January 9, 2023

House votes to rescind billions in funding to the IRS in first major action with McCarthy as speaker

Legislation will roll back billions in funding approved in Inflation Reduction Act for IRS

FOX NEWS — The House of Representatives voted to rescind more than $70 billion in funding to the Internal Revenue Service on Monday night, fulfilling newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's promise to prevent the agency from hiring tens of thousands of new agents and conducting new audits on Americans. The bill — dubbed the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act and sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif. — passed the House of Representatives, 221-210.... (more)

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