US House approves bill to defund the army of 87,000 IRS agents The U.S. House of Representatives, with the support of Alabama's delegation, passed Monday night a bill to remove new funding from the IRS for 87,000 additional agents. The bill, called the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act (or the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act), fulfills Republican promises to rein in the IRS. Following the vote, U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R.Hoover) stated on Twitter that "[The House GOP] made an agreement to repeal President Biden’s army of 87,000 IRS agents as soon as possible." The Inflation…