The house holds the money. They can hire the agents but the house can refuse to pay them.
Exactly - the House can zero out funding for any program. The problem in the past has always been weak-kneed Republican members who can’t stand up to Democrat media sob stories. Those would be a much harder sell, though, if they tried to glorify IRS expansion.
Wasn't this already approved? Dont we have to wait until the next appropriation comes along?