The GOP voted to pass the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act while pushing the claim new funding will be used to hire 87,000 auditing agents.
In a 221 to 210 vote along party lines on Monday, the GOP voted through the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, which aims to rescind $80 billion of funding introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act last year.in the new Congressional term, which they claimed would be used to recruit 87,000 new agents to audit low and middle income families.
Democrats and fact-checkers have long dismissed the suggestion that the 87,000 figure would be made up entirely of auditing agents. Newly elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy takes the oath of office after he was elected on the 15th ballot at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2023. House Republicans voted to cut funding for the Internal Revenue Service on Monday.
In a speech he gave after he was finally voted in as House Speaker, McCarthy said that the GOP-controlled Congress'"very first bill" will be to repeal the funding for 87,000 IRS agents, adding:"We believe government should be to help you, not go after you." After the bill passed on Monday, McCarthy banged the gavel and stated"promises made," prompting celebrations from the House Republicans, with footage from C-Span of the applause posted on social media.
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