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Supercharged IRS

The new Manchin-Biden Build Back Better bill allots $80 billion in new funding for the IRS – more than six times the agency’s current annual budget.

Included in the $80 billion is funding to send 87,000 new IRS agents after you and your family-owned business on the belief that everyone is a tax cheat. The IRS has already been targeting lower and middle income earners, yet Democrats want to hire new IRS agents to audit individuals and small businesses. They’ve also promised to revive their invasive bank surveillance scheme.

President Biden’s Cruel Economy is No Joke

October 07, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

While asserting that his economic plans were “no joke,” President Biden repeated several false and misleading claims about his so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” while touting today’s troubling jobs ...

Ways and Means Republicans Introduce Bill to Protect Middle Class, Small Businesses from Supersized IRS

October 06, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

Ways and Means Republicans, led by Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), introduced a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using its massive, $80 billion infusion of taxpayer dollars to squeeze more revenue out of American taxpayers who earn less than $400,000 per year. “No matter what they deny, Democrats in Washington are unleashing an ...

Democrats Obstruct Inquiry Into IRS’s Sudden Destruction of 30 Million Tax Returns

October 03, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

Democrats are blocking Congress from critical information regarding the IRS’s sudden and mysterious destruction of 30 million tax returns. Despite repeated demands, the IRS has refused to provide the decision memorandum it used to justify the move, instead replying with a blanket denial that broadly prevents Congress from ...

Republican Leaders Demand Top Biden Agency Heads Follow Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Executive Discretion in Rulemaking

September 27, 2022 — Biden's Student Loan Giveaway

Congressional Republican leaders are calling on Biden Administration agencies to obey a recent Supreme Court ruling that clarified the limitations of certain agency actions and insists that lawmaking is done by elected officials, not unaccountable bureaucrats. In letters to agencies within their jurisdiction, the leaders request the “clear congressional ...

Democrats Help Biden Administration Dodge Inquiries on Overreach and Failures

September 26, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

House Democrats last week provided top Biden Administration officials with a “hall pass” to obstruct Congress and ignore requests for information about its wide-ranging overreach and harmful policies. Ways and Means Republicans offered “resolutions of inquiry” (ROI) to force top Administration officials to respond to inquiries with specific factual information – but Democrats voted ...

CBO Confirms Inflation Act Unleashes IRS Audits and Enforcement on Families Making Less Than $400,000

August 25, 2022 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that Democrats’ Inflation Act, which supercharges the IRS with 87,000 new agents, will lead to more audits and enforcement measures for families making less than $400,000. The analysis comes in a response to House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and ...