The U.S. Senate on March 9 voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Daniel “Danny” Werfel, confirmed in a 54-42 vote, managed to garner the support of several Senate Republicans and nearly all the chamber’s Democrats, save Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
“Mr. Werfel told the Finance Committee that he will make his priorities delivering fairness and building trust,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) noted on the Senate floor before the vote. “We know that he will do just that because he’s done it before.”
In 2013, Werfel was selected by former President Barack Obama to serve as acting IRS commissioner while the agency was under scrutiny for targeting conservative organizations….