President Joe Biden’s nominee for IRS Commissioner was approved by the Senate Finance Committee on March 3 and will now be voted on by the full Senate.
The committee vote was 17–9 with three Republicans voting with the majority, Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Bill Cassidy (La.), and Todd Young (Ind.).
Daniel I. “Danny” Werfel was touted by Biden as a capable and experienced public servant.
“Across more than 15 years of government service, Werfel served President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush to lead some of the government’s most complex management challenges as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Controller.”…