“This is a new claim: 'There’s no new IRS agents, we’re just replacing the ones that leave.” But the existing budget can replace them. These are all new.”
Kevin Brady
Member of the House (R-Texas). in a tweet by the GOP staff of the House Ways and Means Committee. Claim dated 18 Aug 2022.
Washington Post rated thisLacks context
What Washington Post found
Years of budget cuts suggest Congress cannot be counted to provide the necessary funding
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin Brady (Member of the House (R-Texas)) made this claim around 18 August 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Lacks context”.
Kevin Brady has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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