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Democrats slam GOP plan to split Israel and Ukraine funding, offset with IRS cuts

House Republicans proposed cutting $14.3 billion from the IRS funding increase provided in the Inflation Reduction Act to offset emergency aid to Israel

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)

House Republicans’ proposal to split emergency Israel and Ukraine funding and offset it with funding cuts to the Internal Revenue Service is being criticized as political gamesmanship by House and Senate Democrats.

The Republicans’ bill, which is set to...

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