In a bold move shaking the foundations of the D.C. bureaucracy, the Senate has confirmed former Missouri Congressman Billy Long—a longtime IRS critic—as the new Commissioner of the very agency he once vowed to abolish.

Long, a staunch America First conservative, was confirmed in a 53-44 vote, sending a loud and clear message that the days of weaponized tax enforcement and unaccountable bureaucrats are over.

Democrats are already in full-blown panic mode. Why? Because Long doesn’t just talk about cutting government overreach—he’s now in charge of one of its worst offenders.

And he’s walking straight into the eye of the storm:

• Tens of thousands of IRS employees are retiring or being let go
• Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is shaking up federal systems and facing lawsuits from leftist unions for exposing waste and incompetence
• And the IRS, bloated and broken, is staring down a disastrous 2026 tax filing season.

Left-wing operatives are furious that Long once worked with a firm involved in promoting pandemic-era tax credits—credits Democrats claim were mishandled. They’re also demanding investigations into campaign donations he received after President Donald J. Trump tapped him for the role.

But Long didn’t blink. Before the Senate Finance Committee, he flatly denied any wrongdoing and stayed focused on what matters: restoring credibility, efficiency, and accountability to a rogue federal agency that has routinely abused American taxpayers.

Even the FBI has been dragged into the fray. Senate Finance Committee Democrat Ron Wyden launched a last-minute attack on Long’s confirmation, accusing the White House of rushing through the FBI’s background check. In a letter to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Wyden ranted that the process “seemed designed to avoid substantively addressing any of these concerning public reports.”

Translation: they couldn’t find anything—so now they’re complaining the FBI didn’t read the New York Times.

Meanwhile, the IRS has gone through a carousel of failed leadership. Long becomes the fifth commissioner this year alone. His predecessor, Melanie Krause, resigned after clashing with the Treasury Department over a bombshell agreement that allowed taxpayer data to be shared with immigration enforcement—a move strongly supported by the Trump administration but bitterly opposed by open-borders bureaucrats.

Krause, who was seen as a holdover from the Biden-era IRS, was reportedly sidelined in the weeks leading up to her resignation, as Treasury officials moved forward with the data-sharing agreement behind closed doors.

“Melanie Krause has been leading the IRS through a time of extraordinary change,” a Treasury spokesperson offered blandly. The real story? The IRS was finally being forced to cooperate with law enforcement instead of shielding illegal immigrants from accountability.

One acting commissioner was forced out after striking a secret deal to share immigration data with ICE. Another sparked an internal turf war between Elon Musk’s DOGE and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

In short, it’s been chaos—exactly the kind of chaos that Trump and Long were sent to clean up.

Long’s confirmation marks a turning point. With Musk’s DOGE leading the charge on federal reform and Long now in command of the IRS, the stage is set for a long-overdue crackdown on fraud, waste, and partisan corruption inside the agency that has for too long operated as a political weapon against the American people.