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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The worst year of spending apparently for the IRS, $15 million, was the year before the President even came into office.”

On the recordJune 5, 2013
The worst year of spending apparently for the IRS, $15 million, was the year before the President even came into office.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlighted excessive IRS spending prior to the current administration.

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