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On the recordApril 16, 2018
Since 2010, when the Republicans took over Congress, the number of individual tax returns filed increased by 11 percent, while the IRS budget in inflation terms decreased by 20 percent.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly highlights budget cuts affecting IRS performance since 2010.

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