House GOP Wants to Pair Israel Military Aid With IRS Cuts That Help Rich Tax Cheats

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'House Republicans are using aid for Israel as a political pawn in order to slash taxes for their wealthy donors,' said Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden.

House Republicans released legislative text on Monday that pairs around $14 billion in military aid for Israel with steep cuts from Internal Revenue Service funding that has given the agency more capacity to pursue wealthy tax cheats.The GOP bill would strip $14.

''Making it easier for rich people to cheat on their taxes isn't an offset, it adds to the deficit,' Wyden wrote.House Republicans' bill comes in response to President Joe Biden's request for $14.3 billion in military aid for Israel as part of a broader $106 billion emergency funding request that also called for military assistance for Ukraine, disaster relief in the U.S.

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