Rep. Troy E. Nehls Introduces the Spend It At Home Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22)introduced the Spend It At Home Act to allow taxpayers to indicate whether their federal income taxes should be used for domestic or international purposes. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would then make that data available at the end of the calendar year.

The introduction of this bill follows the passage of the $95 billion supplemental funding package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, while leaving out any direct funding for our southern border, which has seen over 9.2 million illegal aliens cross since President Joe Biden took office.

“I’ve heard time and time again from my constituents that they are sick and tired of paying taxes to secure Ukraine’s borders, as millions of illegal aliens are flooding across our own,” said Congressman Nehls. “Requiring two boxes on the federal income tax form asking Americans whether they would want their hard-earned dollars spent at home or abroad is a simple solution to show Chuck Schumer and others waiving Ukrainian flags on the House floor that we are not doing the will of the American people. I always put America First, and I hope the data produced by this legislation will encourage my colleagues to do the same.”

The offset to implement this program rescinds unobligated funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, which could be used to hire 87,000 new IRS agents.

Original cosponsors of the Spend It At Home Act include Congressman Barry Moore (R-AL-02).

“Nearly half of American taxpayers have said the federal government is sending too much money to Ukraine, but President Biden and the uniparty just defied them and sent another $61 billion anyway,” said Congressman Moore. “This legislation gives taxpayers a chance to make their voices heard on where their hard-earned money is being spent.”