Republicans argued that the $80 billion boost to IRS funding included in the Democratic inflation bill would end up hurting lower- and middle-class taxpayers, rather than the billionaires advertised by Democrats.

Democrats say that the Inflation Reduction Act provision to bolster IRS tax enforcement will net $124 billion in revenue, a figured calculated by the Congressional Budget Office. But Republicans say the extra $80 billion in funds would bloat the government agency and would cause it to go after average people in order to close the tax gap.