Senate Passes IRS Funding Bill Without Johnson Amendment Changes

On August 1, the Senate voted 92-6 to pass H.R. 6147, an appropriations bill that includes an allocation of $11.3 billion for the IRS for fiscal year 2019. The bill, as passed by the Senate, does not include the provision in the House-passed version that would weaken enforcement of the 501(c)(3) ban on political campaign intervention (the Johnson Amendment). The bill heads next to conference committee to resolve differences between the versions passed by the House and Senate.