IRS Commissioner Pick Gets Cash From Tribal Credit Promoters

The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next IRS commissioner saw a boost in first-quarter campaign donations, some of which came from donors who list their employers as firms that have promoted tax credits the Treasury Department and IRS have said don’t exist.

Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), who retired from Congress in 2023 after an unsuccessful bid for one of Missouri’s Senate seats, saw a resurgence of donations to his Senate campaign coffers, even though he hasn’t been on any ballot in three years. He pulled in nearly $137,000 during the first quarter, which he used ...