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Democrats are cashing out on their fake outrage over IRS funding

By Christopher Tremoglie

Published January 12, 2023 5:39pm ET

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Democrats are cashing out on their fake outrage over IRS funding — Incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accompanied by from left, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., incoming House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with members of Congress and family of fallen officers, pauses for a moment of silence during a ceremony marking the second year anniversary of the violent insurrection by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. | (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Earlier this week, Democrats in Congress lamented the fact that Republicans voted to nix funding to the IRS, which included the hiring of 87,000 IRS agents. The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act eliminates billions of dollars in IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill passed mostly along party lines with a vote of 221-210.

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