Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s first big piece of legislation could’ve been easy. The Louisiana Republican and his GOP leadership team were eager to move an aid bill related to the Israel-Hamas war, and it appeared likely to advance with a fair amount of bipartisan support. But the new House leader decided that wouldn’t quite be good enough. Instead, Johnson said he wanted to “offset” the costs of the $14.
I can appreciate the fact that the federal budget and the congressional appropriations process can be complex, but in this instance, the math is relatively simple. The IRS collects money for the federal government. The more Congress cuts funding for the IRS, the less the IRS will collect for Congress to spend. It’s precisely why cutting spending on enforcing tax laws ends up costing more, not less. It’s really not that complicated. What’s more, the $26.
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