Tag: Fiscal Year 2024 budget

Republican Senators Alarmed by IRS’s ‘Disproportionate’ Focus on Enforcement

April 19, 2023
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Some Senate Republicans are worried that the IRS is placing an “overwhelmingly disproportionate” focus on enforcement in its latest budget requests and operating plan. Airing those concerns at an April 19 Senate Finance Committee hearing, lawmakers grilled IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel about his agency’s plans for the $80 billion increase in funding it is set…

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Military Recruitment Flatlines as American ‘Propensity to Serve’ Fades

March 15, 2023
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The United States military is facing recruitment shortfalls with only the Marine Corps and the newly created Space Force meeting 2022 enlistment quotas, an issue that could undermine the Pentagon’s readiness to address the “pacing challenges” posed by the People’s Republic of China and Russia. The U.S. Army in 2022 missed its recruiting goal by…

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