Another Bill Filed to Block IRS Outsourcing of Debt Collection

The largest federal union is supporting a bill to keep the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from hiring private contractors to collect taxes.

The legislation was offered Wednesday in the House by Reps. Rob Simmons, R-Conn., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

The National Treasury Employees Union said the bill — the Simmons-Van Hollen Taxpayer Protection Act of 2005 — has a large bipartisan group of co-sponsors.

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