For anyone curious, Wikipedia has a great article[1] showing party trifecta history in Congress (though keep in mind what lotsofpulp said about needing 60 votes

For anyone curious, Wikipedia has a great article[1] showing party trifecta history in Congress (though keep in mind what lotsofpulp said about needing 60 votes in the Senate for true control, which is rare for both parties). And when Democrats were stronger in Congress earlier in Biden's term they did pass legislation giving funding to the IRS to explore developing software for doing taxes (Sec. 10301 (1)(B) of the Inflation Reduction Act[2]). Further, when Republicans forced the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 during the last debt ceiling increase "crisis" they specifically listed (1)(B) as part of their recension of funds[3], though I don't think it had any meaningful impact because the study had already been made and released. [4] Because $15,000,000 was a really big deal to the federal deficit. /s [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_Stat... [2] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ169/html/PLAW-117publ169.htm#:~:text=10301 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ169/html/PLA... [3] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ5/html/PLAW-118publ5.htm#:~:text=section%2010301 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ5/html/PLAW-... [4] https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-submits-direct-file-report-to-congress-treasury-department-directs-pilot-to-evaluate-key-issues https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-submits-direct-file-report-...