Republicans Warn Biden’s ‘Army of IRS Agents’ Is Coming

Republicans are warning American middle-class families and small-business owners how they will soon be the targets of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), once President Joe Biden signs into law Democrat-backed legislation that includes funding to hire 87,000 new tax agents.

The legislation, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” was approved by a party-line vote of 51 to 50 in the Senate on Aug. 7, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. The $740 billion spending bill includes a provision to allocate $80 billion to the IRS, of which $45.6 billion is for tax enforcement activities.

In other words, the IRS could hire as many as 87,000 new agents with the new funding, once the legislation is passed by the House and then signed into law.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), who is the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), told Fox News Digital on Aug. 8 that Biden will deploy the new IRS for specific purposes.

“Joe Biden is building an army of IRS agents to harass and bully the middle class. It’s something that should concern every American taxpayer,” Emmer stated. “The IRS targeted conservatives during the Obama administration, so it’s fair to wonder whether Joe Biden will use his new IRS army to attack conservatives.”

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) responds to a question at a town hall meeting in Sartell, Minnesota, on Feb. 22, 2017. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

In 2013, conservative organizations filed two lawsuits in federal court, accusing the IRS of targeting organizations with words such as “Tea Party” or “patriots” when filing for tax-exempt status. In a 2017 settlement, the IRS offered an apology, saying it was wrong to screen the groups’ applications based on their names or policy positions.

On Monday evening, after news broke that the FBI had searched former President

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