The law of the land is Article I of the Constitution. Congress has the power of the purse to appropriate funds, and Congress appropriated the funds in 2016, but the IRS is not following that appropriately. This is wrong.
Jason Smith: “The law of the land is Article I of the Constitution. Congress has the power of the purse to appropriate funds, and…”
On the recordApril 20, 2016
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