WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to fire federal workers who are tax deadbeats passed the House on Tuesday in an attempt to confront a problem that showed little improvement in the past decade.

The bill is aimed at U.S. government workers who are seriously delinquent in their federal taxes, but would exempt those trying to work out their problems with the IRS.

The vote was 263-116 to send the bill to the Senate where its fate was uncertain.

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