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The IRS will use part of its new $80 billion influx of cash to fully staff in-person help centers and increase phone and online services.

WASHINGTON — Look out, warn the Republicans. The Internal Revenue Service is about to unleash an army of agents eager to audit you and cost you a lot of money and aggravation.

WASHINGTON — After a year of negotiations, impasses and political maneuvering, the Senate passed Democrats’ top domestic priority: an economic package that would pump hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy programs, raise taxes on corporations and lower health care costs.

After a year of negotiations, impasses and political maneuvering, the Senate passed Democrats' top domestic priority.

The Senate voted to begin considering Democrats’ climate, tax and health package on a party-line vote Saturday.

Wealthy Americans dodged getting hit by tax increases in the Democrats’ economic package, but they likely will face a much better-funded Internal Revenue Service equipped with new auditors and technology to uncover tax avoidance.

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to begin consideration of Democrats’ climate, tax and health care package on Saturday, leaving about two days for the party to shore up support for the bill.

Legislation expanding health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans is nearing passage in Congress

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate