{"id":1655028,"date":"2022-09-23T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T16:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655028"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T16:05:26","slug":"gop-to-immediately-repeal-hiring-of-87000-irs-agents-if-republicans-flip-house-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-to-immediately-repeal-hiring-of-87000-irs-agents-if-republicans-flip-house-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP to Immediately Repeal Hiring of 87,000 IRS Agents If Republicans Flip House: McCarthy"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgop-to-immediately-repeal-hiring-of-87000-irs-agents-if-republicans-flip-house-mccarthy%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=1655028&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>Republicans will immediately move to reverse the Biden administration\u2019s hiring of 87,000 IRS agents if they flip the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections, the top Republican in the lower chamber said on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn that first day that we are sworn in, you will see that it all changes,\u201d House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told a crowd in Pennsylvania. \u201cBecause in our very first bill, we are going to repeal 87,000 IRS agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job is to work for you, and not go after you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-inflation-reduction-act\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>, approved by Democrats in both chambers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-signs-inflation-reduction-act-into-law_4668664.html\">signed by President Joe Biden<\/a>, included funding for 87,000 additional IRS workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn\u00a0all of my years in Congress, I have not had a phone call from anyone saying \u2018Steve, please add more people to the IRS,&#8217;\u201d House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said at the Pennsylvania event, dubbed the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/commitment\/\">Commitment to America<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are 87,000 people needed in America, it\u2019s at the border to secure America\u2019s border. Not at the IRS to go after small businesses and hard-working families,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/senate-republicans-introduce-bill-to-block-super-sized-irs-from-targeting-middle-class-americans_4728805.html\">introduced a bill<\/a> earlier this month that would block the IRS from using the new funding to audit Americans making less than $400,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>Without support from the Senate, any House bill wouldn\u2019t advance to Biden. Additionally, Republicans in both chambers would need to summon a veto-proof majority, which would likely mean getting Democrat support.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Steny-Hoyer-2-1200x800-1.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4251347\"><\/a> House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) speaks at a press event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Aug. 24, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>In a competing event, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said in Pennsylvania that Democrats were proud of passing the Inflation Reduction Act. 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