{"id":2376474,"date":"2024-12-04T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-picks-billy-long-to-be-his-irs-commissioner-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T21:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:42:57","slug":"trump-picks-billy-long-to-be-his-irs-commissioner-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-picks-billy-long-to-be-his-irs-commissioner-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Billy Long to be his IRS commissioner &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-picks-billy-long-to-be-his-irs-commissioner-washington-examiner%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=2376474&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-housing-program-stops-amid-homeless-training-how-to-squat\/\" title=\"Florida housing initiative halts due to training homeless on squatting practices\">provided text\u2064 appears<\/a> to be\u200d part of a web page code, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-says-bidens-fake-email-name-shows-no-wall-between-the-government-and-his-sons-shady-business-dealings\/\" title=\"Comer claims Biden&#039;s fake email name reveals blurred lines between government and son&#039;s dubious business.\">specifically \u200drelated<\/a> to a &#8220;Read more&#8221; feature, which allows users to expand and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-credits-georgia-as-the-reason-i-won-during-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Biden attributes victory to Georgia in fundraiser\">view additional content<\/a>. 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Billy Long to be his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/internal-revenue-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IRS<\/a> commissioner, he announced in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Billy brings 32 years of experience running his own businesses in Real Estate and, as one of the premier Auctioneers in the Country,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;He then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">served 12 years<\/a> in Congress, because he &lsquo;felt it was important for his constituents to have a Representative who has signed the front of a check!&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Long served Missouri&rsquo;s 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2023 and worked in several committees, such as the Committee on Energy and Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since leaving Congress, Billy has worked as a Business and Tax advisor, helping Small Businesses navigate the complexities of complying with the IRS Rules and Regulations,&rdquo; the GOP leader said. &ldquo;I have known Billy since 2011 &ndash; He is an extremely hard worker, and respected by all, especially by those who know him in Congress. Taxpayers and the wonderful employees of the IRS will love having Billy at the helm. He is the consummate &lsquo;people person,&rsquo; well respected on both sides of the aisle. Congratulations Billy!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans haven&rsquo;t been friendly to the IRS at times. Earlier this year, then-presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) suggested abolishing the agency. Some congressional Republicans have put forward proposals that would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">enact massive cuts<\/a> to funding or the agency&rsquo;s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has been especially hostile toward the agency, putting forward proposals to cut funding for the agency to fund Veterans Affairs home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3153207\/andy-ogles-introduces-bill-cut-fees-veterans-affairs-home-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">loan fee cuts<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3203812\/ogles-introduces-legislation-redirect-irs-agent-funding-fema-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FEMA relief.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1903196\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1903196\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump appoints Billy Long as IRS commissioner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP22028567476719.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[46150,46151,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2376474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-billy-long","tag-irs-commissioner","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP22028567476719.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376479,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376474\/revisions\/2376479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}