{"id":1600078,"date":"2022-08-10T22:35:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T02:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1600078"},"modified":"2022-08-10T22:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T02:35:06","slug":"house-dems-kill-budd-amendment-say-no-to-switching-funds-for-87000-new-irs-agents-to-hire-more-border-patrol-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-kill-budd-amendment-say-no-to-switching-funds-for-87000-new-irs-agents-to-hire-more-border-patrol-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dems Kill Budd Amendment, Say No to Switching Funds for 87,000 New IRS Agents to Hire More Border Patrol Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dems-kill-budd-amendment-say-no-to-switching-funds-for-87000-new-irs-agents-to-hire-more-border-patrol-agents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1600078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Rules Committee Democrats killed an amendment offered by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) that would have transferred billions of tax dollars the Senate slated for hiring 87,000 new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-irs\">IRS<\/a> agents and instead hire thousands of new border security agents.<\/p>\n<p>No changes were allowed by the Democratic majority to the Senate version of the Inflation Reduction Act approved by the Senate on Aug. 7 in a 51-50 vote, with Vice-President Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) breaking the tie in the evenly split chamber.<\/p>\n<p>At one point late during the five-hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2R5V0UXtwxY\">meeting<\/a>, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), panel chairman, said \u201cif we amend this, it basically derails the bill \u2026 any amendment at this point derails the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vote by the House on the Senate version could come as early as Thursday or, more likely, Friday.\u00a0The measure includes $80 billion to hire the 87,000 additional IRS agents\u2014an expansion that would double the federal tax agency\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s action on the Budd proposal spared the rest of the House Democratic majority from facing a vote, which would have put them on record favoring either doubling the size of the IRS or taking dramatic measures for restoring control of the U.S. southern border that has seen record numbers of illegal immigrants flooding into the country, along with unprecedented amounts of illegal, deadly drugs, including fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>With President Joe Biden\u2019s popularity at record low levels, Republicans appear headed to regain the House majority in the upcoming midterms and may retake control of the Senate as well. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-inflation\">inflation<\/a> roaring at the worst levels since 1981 and most Americans struggling to keep up with spiraling gas and food prices, voting to double the size of the federal tax agency could hurt Democrats who are facing tough re-election campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Budd could not be reached for comment on the committee\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Rules Committee Democrats killed an amendment offered by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) that would have transferred billions of tax dollars the Senate slated for hiring 87,000 new IRS agents and instead hire thousands of new border security agents. 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