Vulnerable House Democrats defend vote on Inflation Reduction Act, expansion of IRS
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Two Democrats facing tough re-elections to the House, Reps. Cindy Axne and Katie Porter, are defending the Inflation Reduction Act and the expansion of the IRS.
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The billions of dollars for the IRS from the measure, which was signed into law on Tuesday by President Biden, will go toward filling 87,000 IRS positions, more than doubling the agency's current size.
"We're investing in the IRS because right now, $160 billion in taxes go unearned into our country's coffers that would help all of you with our schools, and with our roads, and with our healthcare, and with all of the important things this country needs because we don't have enough IRS auditors to address the issues that we're facing," Axne, who has served in Congress since 2018, said at a recent event put on by the Des Moines Register.
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