Former Missouri Rep. Billy Long faced withering questions from Senate Finance Committee Democrats over his post-congressional business activities during a hearing on his nomination to be IRS commissioner on Tuesday.
Republicans on the panel expressed confidence that the former six-term GOP lawmaker would improve services to taxpayers, make the IRS more efficient, and, in the words of Senate Finance Chairman Michael D. Crapo, “ensure that new tax legislation is implemented and administered as Congress intends it to be.”
Democrats, though, faulted him for collecting fees after leaving Congress by referring people to tax promoters who sold what they say were nonexistent “tribal tax credits” to investors.
