The final language in the budget deal that President and House Speaker are pushing toward a big vote this week will still bring on board thousands of new enforcement agents who are tasked with driving up revenue collection rates with a focus on the rich.And White House officials are keeping alive the possibility of coming back for more funding, even after negotiators agreed to two annual cuts of $10 billion in IRS funding. That means the deal leaves about $60 billion of the funds on the table to hire thousands of new agents and beef up enforcement – funding have voted to nix entirely. That isn't nearly enough for conservative 'Freedom Caucus' members, one of whom compared the agency to the infamous Stasi on Tuesday.
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