Spending Bill With IRS Cuts Faces Tricky House Vote: BGOV Tax

Tricky House Spending Bill Vote on Tap

The House is slated to vote Tuesday on legislation to end a short-term lapse in annual funding at the IRS and other agencies, though obstacles to passage are popping up.

Lawmakers in both parties have slammed the bill, which includes funding for much of the federal government through Sept. 30 and a two-week stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security.

Many House Democrats don’t want to vote for any DHS funding until the White House has agreed to new limits on immigration raids, after US citizens in Minneapolis were killed during protests against ...