The U.S. Senate voted on amendments to Democrats' major spending bill that tackles health care, climate and taxes this weekend in what is called the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376).
The legislation was passed through the budget reconciliation process, which means all 50 Democrats and one tie-breaker vote from Vice President Harris were needed, since none of the 50 Republican senators voted for the bill. It also restricts the measures in the bill to those that directly change federal spending and revenue.
Part 3 of H.R. 5376 increases the size and scope of the IRS to “enhance the agency’s resources and improve compliance efforts and includes funding for taxpayer services ($3,181,500,000); enforcement ($45,637,400,000); operations support ($25,326,400,000); business systems modernization ($4,750,700,000); task force to design free, direct e-file system ($15,000,000); Treasury Inspector General ($403,000,000); treasury office of tax policy ($104,533,804); tax court ($153,000,000); and treasury departmental offices for implementation ($50,000,000).