All 18 Republican members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee want to know why the IRS recently violated a 2017 court settlement in which it agreed to stop targeting non-profit tax-exemption applicants on the basis of their political views. In a Nov. 8 letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig, the 18 GOP signers said the federal tax agency “violated a valid consent order by initially denying the application for tax exempt status submitted by Christians Engaged. If the IRS has the power to violate a standing legal order without consequence, how can Americans trust the agency with greater authority and $80 billion more taxpayer dollars?” President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar Build Back Better spending plan includes an $80 billion funding boost for the IRS to enable it to double its workforce and increase its efforts against tax evaders, according to advocates. But the 18 ways and means Republicans …