GOP freezes IRS funding in 2017 spending plan

Published May 1, 2017 2:50pm ET



Republicans announced Monday that the fiscal year 2017 spending bill they hope to pass this week would freeze total IRS spending at $11.2 billion, which would hold that agency’s funding to below its 2008 level.

Republicans have either cut funding or held funding level for the IRS over the last several years, after the IRS targeting scandal erupted under President Obama. The IRS admitted it had been slow-walking applications from right-leaning groups that were seeking tax-exempt status.

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