Ex-Rep. Long confirmed as Trump's IRS commissioner [View all]
Source: Roll Call
Posted June 12, 2025 at 1:41pm
Former Missouri Rep. Billy Long won confirmation Thursday to be the next commissioner of the IRS, leading an agency that will play a key role in administering new tax breaks if Congress passes the “big, beautiful” reconciliation package.
Included in that package could be tax exemptions for tips and overtime, a top priority of President Donald Trump, along with an extension of the 2017 tax cuts.
Republicans pushed the nomination across the finish line on a 53-44 vote. But Long’s nomination sparked some heated pushback from Democrats, who said the former Republican congressman lacked tax policy experience and had ties to firms hawking phony and fraudulent tax credits.
“After leaving Congress, Mr. Long lined his pockets in the tax scam industry, where he peddled fake tax credits and took advantage of small businesses,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor Wednesday. “The American people don’t want the IRS to be run by a tax cheat.”
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