Does Tammy Duckworth Support Expanding the IRS?

Does U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth want more Internal Revenue Service auditors coming after taxpayers?

As U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a Wilmette Republican, ratchets up his first re-election campaign, he recently suggested his Democratic opponent in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate contests was strongly in support of expanding the Internal Revenue Service.

In a campaign website press release, the Kirk campaign called Duckworth “a staunch supporter” of expanding the federal agency that collects taxes and audits taxpayers, businesses and organizations.

We wondered if the suburban Democrat really did want more taxing, collecting and auditing out of the IRS.

Here's how we rate Kirk's claim.

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