IRS ID.ME Failure

I need to access IRS.gov to verify my Economic Impact Statements. Last night

I was asked to create a new account using ID.ME which requires a scan of a document for facial recognition.

Giving this information to a subcontractor seemed to be a huge security violation and a really bad idea. Congress has decided the same and the IRS said they will discontinue this requirement.

However, nothing has changed and you still cannot login to IRS.gov without providing a photo ID.

Just when you need it most they make it impossible to login without providing information that they said that they will no longer require! Any suggestions?