Part of the investment in the IRS was to bring in more revenue without having to raise taxes. But that ended up getting rolled back a little bit with this agreement. The IRS doesn't actually have to change its budget all that much for the next two years. It can use money from down the road to fund at the same levels that it wanted to already and then ask for more money later.
In this installment of the podcast, the crew talks about what’s in the debt ceiling agreement, why polls on the debt ceiling have been straight-up contradictory and what could happen if the legislation isn’t passed by next Monday. They also discuss the significant increase in laws involving sexuality and gender in Republican-led states and what Americans think about them. And Galen speaks with senior writer Monica Potts about her new book, "The Forgotten Girls."
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