Republicans Hold Fire as IRS Workers Cut, Even in Red States

Republican lawmakers are largely taking a wait-and-see position as the Trump administration lays off thousands of IRS workers and plans to halve the workforce, even though many of the employees are in GOP-controlled states.

Nearly 100,000 people worked for IRS as of September 2024, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management. Of the employees whose location information was publicly available, the highest number of IRS workers were in Texas, followed by Utah, California, Georgia, and Missouri, that data says.

Those states accounted for just over a third of the agency’s total workforce, and President Donald Trump carried ...