IRS Reviews Security for Offices, Staff After Political Attacks
- Agency looking at safety plans, working with law enforcement
- Republicans say IRS will send armed agents after middle-class
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The Internal Revenue Service is reviewing security for its employees and offices after a wave of political attacks from Republican lawmakers and right-wing groups.
The IRS, which has about 600 facilities nationwide, has become a target of GOP lawmakers in recent weeks, after President Joe Biden signed a new spending law that law includes $80 billion for the agency to enhance tax enforcement and upgrade its computer systems.