A fellow Missouri Republican who happens to be the House Ways and ... one has to be “U.F.O., as I call it” — upbeat, friendly and open. “As I reflect on the end of a 12 year career in Congress I probably have as many friends on the Democrat side ...

President-elect Donald Trump said he is selecting former US Representative Billy Long to serve as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, enlisting a Republican who served in Congress for an incoming administration aiming to renew and expand a broad package of tax cuts.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked former congressman Billy Long to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service tax body. Trump cited Long's previous experience in real estate and as a business and tax advisor in a post on social-media site Truth Social,

Billy Long, who represented southwest Missouri, was one of the first elected officials to jump on the “Trump train,” a phrase he claims to have coined.

President-elect Trump said he would nominate former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) to be IRS commissioner. Why it matters: Trump and congressional conservatives have long had the IRS in their crosshairs, opposing Biden administration efforts to ramp up the tax agency's funding and audit capability.