Twitter users reacted violently to the new Republican-majority House of Representatives, which passed legislation to curb a proposed 87,000 increase in the IRS’s workforce.
Fox News Digital reported Monday that Congress voted to “cut more than $70 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service,” a fulfillment of “a promise made by newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy,” the agency said stop hiring tens of thousands of new agents.”
The bill, titled the Family and Small Business Protection and Taxpayer Act, passed the House of Representatives by 221 in favor and 210 against.
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Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, during a session of the 118th Congress in the House of Representatives chamber in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA on Friday January 6, 2023.
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Most Republicans voted to pass the law, while most Democrats voted to stop it.
The proposal to add 87,000 IRS agents to the agency became a contentious issue when it was announced last summer as part of Democrats’ inflation-cutting bill. The law, which Biden signed into law in August, should provide the IRS with over $80 billion in funding over the next decade, including increasing the agency’s manpower.
The first Republican-sponsored bill after taking control of the House of Representatives targeted these provisions and proposed taking back billions of dollars for this IRS expansion. The bill delighted Republicans and angered Democrats.
Outspoken Hollywood conservative Rob Schneider tweeted, “The Biden administration would rather tax hardworking Americans and send another 100 billion to Ukraine… with McCarthy as spokesman.”
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Immigration attorney and conservative influencer Matthew Kolken slammed Democrats who opposed the new GOP law, saying, “When you get your scrutiny notice from the IRS, remember who voted for it and who tried to protect you from it.” . The Democrats stand behind the 87,000 IRS agents. Republicans stand with working-class Americans. Which side are you on?”
However, Joel Berry, editor-in-chief of Babylon Bee, was less convinced that the bill would actually do anything. He wrote: “The 87,000 IRS agents will not be repealed by the Senate.
This photo taken on April 13, 2014 shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington.
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Glenn Kessler, Washington Post’s fact-checking director, did not believe in the usefulness of the bill, tweeting: “Reminder: A bill requires passage in both houses of Congress and then a signature from the President. IRS funding is set as a mandatory expense. (and that’s not 87,000 ‘agents’ – that’s been debunked repeatedly).”
Investor and conservative influencer Collin Rugg offered an alternative way to fund the paychecks of thousands of IRS agents. He tweeted: “The US House of Representatives just voted 221 to 210 to reverse over $70 billion in new funding for 87,000 IRS agents. They should take that money and build a border wall instead.”
Conservative activist Dr. Andrew Jackson berated the Democrats for not backing the Republican-backed bill. He wrote: “Not a single Democrat in the US House of Representatives has voted to de-fund 87,000 new IRS officers. I grew up in a working class Democratic family in Seattle. We were liberals and fought for workers. But today’s Democrats are leftists and sold out to the government machine.”
Townhall.com political editor Guy Benson tweeted: “Democrats voted en masse to protect the huge expansion of the IRS, which is already disproportionately targeting low-income Americans — which Dems has vowed would not be the case.” would. You lied.”
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., defended the proposed increase in IRS officials, tweeting, “The Senate Democratic majority knows this is a giveaway to the multimillionaires and big corporations, and the Democrats won’t.” The reinforced IRS staff aims to close loopholes and force the rich and well-connected to finally pay their fair share.”
President Biden addresses the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
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