President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to nominate former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) as IRS commissioner, cutting current chief Danny Werfel’s term short.
Trump called him an “extremely hard worker, and respected by all, especially by those who know him in Congress,” in a post on his social network platform, Truth Social.
Werfel, nominated by President Joe Biden, was confirmed with some bipartisan backing to the top IRS post in March 2023, after Trump’s prior IRS commissioner Charles Rettig’s term expired.
IRS commissioners are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for a five-year term. They may be ...
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