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The Senate confirmed former Congressman Billy Long as the next IRS Commissioner.
Long served as the U.S. representative for Missouri’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023.
He once sponsored legislation to abolish the IRS.
The Senate confirmed Long on a 53-44 vote.
✅ CONFIRMED: Billy Long as the 51st Commissioner of Internal Revenue pic.twitter.com/xZhKnxQ0Ns
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 12, 2025
From the Associated Press:
Long will take over an IRS undergoing massive change, including layoffs and voluntary retirements of tens of thousands of workers and accusations that then-Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency mishandled sensitive taxpayer data. Unions and advocacy organizations have sued to block DOGE’s access to the information.
The IRS was one of the highest-profile agencies still without a Senate-confirmed leader. Before Long’s confirmation, the IRS shuffled through four acting leaders, including one who resigned over a deal between the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and another whose appointment led to a fight between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Long, a former auctioneer, once trolled Congress by auctioning off the national debt.
WATCH:
🚨 The Senate has CONFIRMED former Missouri Congressman Billy Long as IRS commissioner in a 53-44 vote.
FLASHBACK to when he trolled Congress back in 2011 by auctioning off the national debt. pic.twitter.com/Tz9zSVLTLP
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 12, 2025
Per CNBC:
When asked about Trump’s power over the agency during the May Senate hearing, Long said: “The IRS will not, should not be politicized on my watch.”
In written testimony, Long said he would “follow the law” when asked for specifics about how he would respond to political favor requests from Trump.
“The confirmation process was pretty controversial,” said Carl Tobias, law professor at University of Richmond’s School of Law.
But it’s currently unclear what Long as IRS Commissioner will mean for taxpayers, he said.
Long’s confirmation comes amid widespread IRS cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The hiring freeze, deferred resignation programs and reductions in force “will have significant impacts” on IRS operations, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, said in a June 6 report.
A separate TIGTA report from May found the agency had lost nearly one-third of its so-called revenue agents, who conduct audits, as of March 2025.