The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Treasury appropriations bill last week to provide the Internal Revenue Service with $10.5 billion in fiscal year 2006. The Senate has yet to take up consideration of the bill.
The bill easily won passage with a 405-18 vote, after representatives rejected two contentious amendments, the first barring corporate expatriates from competing for federal contracts, and a second halting IRS plans to outsource debt collection.
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