Congressional leadership has cut a controversial program from their new budget bill that would have allowed the IRS to gain unprecedented information from Americans’ bank accounts after the measure drew bipartisan criticism. The program would have expanded the IRS’s ability to look into the details of Americans’ bank transactions. Originally, the IRS would have been able to gain information on all accounts with inflows and outflows of more than $600 per year. Republicans and banks strongly criticized the program, referencing reported concerns by their constituents and customers over the plan and condemning the new regulatory burdens that the program would place on the private sector. Democrats, however, were largely supportive of the plan. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), when asked what she would say to those concerned by the program, expressed doubted whether such concerns existed. “With all due respect, the plural of anecdote is not data,” she …