Congress, IRS and government shutdown

Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Republican lawmakers have now clawed back half the investment the Biden administration made in the tax agency.
Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON -- Congress stripped the IRS of an additional $20 billion last week when averting the government shutdown. Originally, congressional Democrats had given the IRS $80 billion in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But, in the 2023 budget deal, Congress revoked $20 billion of that.
Government shutdown: What happens if Congress doesn’t pass a stopgap spending bill
House Republican leaders are facing backlash over a bloated continuing resolution, raising the possibility of a government shutdown.
Congress averts government shutdown as Senate passes funding bill
Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, approving a last-gasp federal funding bill to cap a week whose events could reverberate throughout 2025 and Donald Trump’s second presidency.
Biden signs stopgap funding bill into law after Congress votes to avert shutdown
Congress voted to avert a shutdown early Saturday morning after House GOP leaders dropped a demand from Donald Trump over the debt limit, highlighting the limits of the president-elect’s influence on Capitol Hill despite his position as leader of the party.
Republicans strip IRS of another $20b in government shutdown fight
Biden and congressional Democrats gave the IRS $80 billion in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, but Congress rescinded $20 billion as part of a 2023 budget deal.
Republicans quietly cut IRS funding by $20 billion in bill to avert government shutdown
The GOP assault on the revenue collecting agency's funding could exacerbate wait times and balloon the deficit
Government shutdown highlights: Congress votes to keep government open, sending bill to Biden
Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...
Congress averted shutdown, but storms lie ahead as House speaker faces criticism
Johnson be speaker of the House?” he asked. “Nooo,” came the reply, as Bannon, the longtime ally of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, spoke at a Dec. 19 “AmericaFest” rally of Turning Point USA ...
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Congress avoids serious government shutdown – for now – after lawmakers reach bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal to temporarily avoid a major shutdown, keeping the government open ...
Congress barrels toward shutdown after House fails to pass Trump-backed funding bill
Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown after the GOP-led House failed to pass a funding plan backed by ...
Opinion - How to make a government shutdown impossible
By a matter of minutes, the federal government averted yet another shutdown. Fingers are again being pointed to determine ...
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Congress avoids shutdown, but this Trump-Musk whiplash is only a preview | Opinion
President-elect Donald Trump, following the lead of his edgelord chancellor Elon Musk, has given Democrats a gift that ...
Congress has to pass another stopgap funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?
Congress previously passed a stopgap funding bill back in September, before Oct. 1, which was the last deadline to fund the ...
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Yellen Warns Congress on Debt Limit
Unless Congress acts in the next couple of weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned, the government will run into ...