{"id":1053543,"date":"2025-06-12T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053543"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:32:17","slug":"senate-republican-confirm-billy-long-to-lead-irs-who-took-donations-from-the-same-industry-hes-supposed-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/senate-republican-confirm-billy-long-to-lead-irs-who-took-donations-from-the-same-industry-hes-supposed-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republican Confirm Billy Long to Lead IRS, Who Took Donations From the Same Industry He\u2019s Supposed to Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Senate Republicans confirming Billy Long, Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service, <\/em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBilly Long leveraged his nomination to lead the IRS to rake in donations from consultants and industry insiders looking for favorable treatment. Long hasn\u2019t been on the job even one day and he\u2019s compromised his integrity \u2014 he can\u2019t regulate the same crooks who paid his bills. But that\u2019s no issue for Donald Trump, who already planned to let corporate tax cheats off the hook.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Senate Republicans confirmed unqualified MAGA loyalist Billy Long to head the IRS and help Donald Trump give billionaire tax cheats a pass. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chad Pergram, Fox News<\/a>: \u201cSenate confirms former GOP MO Rep Billy Long as IRS Commissioner 53-44.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProPublica<\/a>: \u201cBilly Long, Trump\u2019s Nominee to Lead the IRS, Touts a Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNBC<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Wealthy tax dodgers\u2019 could benefit from IRS layoffs, Democrats warn\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the IRS faces mass layoffs, Congressional Democrats warn those staffing cuts could undermine the agency\u2019s progress in collecting unpaid funds from \u2018wealthy tax dodgers.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long took over $130k in donations \u2014 much of it from donors affiliated with tax consulting groups \u2014 after being nominated to head the IRS. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump\u2019s pick for Internal Revenue Service commissioner recently cleared a substantial debt from his failed 2022 Senate bid, using campaign contributions that rolled in after Trump announced his intent to nominate him to lead the tax agency, according to federal filings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer Republican Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) raked in roughly $137,000 in campaign donations in January \u2014 the month after Trump said he would nominate him to serve in Trump\u2019s administration \u2014 according to campaign finance disclosures filed late Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLong then paid back an outstanding personal loan of $130,000 he had made to his now-dormant 2022 U.S. Senate campaign in February. A number of the donors are affiliated with firms in the tax consultancy industry.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cSince leaving Congress in 2023, Billy Long has peddled a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. has warned is a magnet for fraud.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long backed Trump\u2019s tax scam and called for making tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations permanent and larger. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Springfield News-Leader<\/a>: \u201cRep. Long then notes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as a \u2018win for families.\u2019 Using $75,000, the average family will save $1,200 or 1.6 percent (Bloomberg 12-20-18). But if you earn between $300,000 and $700,000, you save an average of $13,000, or 4.1 percent.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy Long, Springfield News-Leader<\/a>: \u201c[Trump\u2019s] speech promised a pro-growth plan that would help \u2026 businesses that were burdened with overregulation and excessive taxes. Less than six months after his speech, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on tax reform 2.0, which will be released in September. Tax reform 2.0 would ensure TCJA tax cuts are permanent and would create incentives for both businesses and individuals to innovate and save money.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Senate Republicans confirming Billy Long, Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:  \u201cBilly Long leveraged his nomination to lead the IRS to rake in donations from consultants and industry insiders looking for favorable treatment. Long hasn\u2019t been on the job even one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSenate Republican Confirm Billy Long to Lead IRS, Who Took Donations From the Same Industry He\u2019s Supposed to Police - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/senate-republican-confirm-billy-long-to-lead-irs-who-took-donations-from-the-same-industry-hes-supposed-to-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T22:32:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T22:32:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/senate-republican-confirm-billy-long-to-lead-irs-who-took-donations-from-the-same-industry-hes-supposed-to-police\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/senate-republican-confirm-billy-long-to-lead-irs-who-took-donations-from-the-same-industry-hes-supposed-to-police\/\",\"name\":\"Senate Republican Confirm Billy Long to Lead IRS, Who Took Donations From the Same Industry He\u2019s Supposed to Police - 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