 White House threatens to veto GOP. The Republican-controlled House passed a bill that would have taken back $72 billion in funding for the hiring of tens of thousands of Internal Revenue Service, IRS, employees over the following 10 years. The White House announced Monday that it will veto the measure. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last year, included increased funding for the IRS to hire personnel totaling $80 billion, which was passed by Congress last year. Republicans on Monday passed a package to recoup the majority of this money, which the White House claimed would encourage corporations and affluent Americans to evade taxes. The White House issued a statement stating that, far from aiding middle-class families or small companies, HR23 protects affluent tax cheats at the expense of honest, middle-class taxpayers.