House Republican introduces bill to redirect funds employing IRS auditors to instead hire more border agents (1 Viewer)

[FOX News]

FIRST ON FOX – Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is introducing a bill that aims to redirect funding from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to fund the hiring of more Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill, titled the "Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Today Act" or the "DIRECT Act," aims to "rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service and redirect them to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection."

Specifically, the proposal seeks to have "unobligated balances" appropriated or otherwise made...

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