The Senate has confirmed Biden’s pick to head the IRS. Danny Werfel, a federal government veteran, faces the high-pressure task of spending the $80 billion in new funding that's meant to transform the agency while fending off Republican attacks.
Danny Werfel had stints at the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Justice Department under Republican and Democratic administrations. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP PhotoThe Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to head the IRS, handing veteran federal government official Danny Werfel the high-pressure responsibility of spending a massive new windfall meant to transform the agency amid a fierce GOP offensive against virtually everything it does.
Republicans, meanwhile, have promised to grill Werfel on everything from what they view as the agency’s excessive funding to the leak of confidential taxpayer information. said in a floor speech Wednesday that Werfel can handle the crosswinds, given his stint as acting commissioner of the IRS in 2013 after the resignation of his predecessor over allegations that the agency unfairly targeted conservative organizations who were seeking tax-exempt status.
His overriding order of business at the IRS will be managing how the unprecedented $80 billion influx is spent. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had promised to deliver a blueprint for the spending by February, but missed the deadline.
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