2017: Schweikert Voted Against Increasing Funding For The Taxpayer Advocate Service's Identify Theft Caseworker. In September 2017, Schweikert voted against an amendment that would have, according to Congressional Quarterly, "increase[d] funding for the Taxpayer Advocate Service's identity theft casework by $500,000, and would [have] decrease[d] funding for IRS operational support by $1 million." The underlying legislation was an FY 2018 omnibus. The House accepted the amendment by a vote of 265 to 143. The House later passed the underlying legislation. The Senate took no substantive action on the overall legislation. [House Vote 526, 9/14/17; Congressional Quarterly, 9/14/17; Congressional Actions, H. Amdt. 445; Congressional Actions, H.R. 3354]