Democrats fume over proposed IRS cuts

Democrats are fuming mad over Republican proposals to scale back IRS funding and defund the agency's new free online tax filing system.

House Ways and Means Democrats called Republicans’ latest Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill “disastrous” in a Thursday statement, blasting the GOP for risking another fight over spending that led to the downgrading of U.S. creditworthiness by a major ratings agency last year.

“It seems like Republicans’ 2023-2024...