The article stated that the support for and opposition to the repeal broke along party lines. The Dems are the majority, so it looks like the Republicans voted *for* the repeal. Democrats opposed it (even though it was submitted by a Democrat), and won. If I'm reading this incorrectly, someone please let me know.
If this is indeed the case, it makes me even more angry. The House Republicans were willing to remove one of the warts from Health Care Reform. That tells me they don't have the guts to kill it in its entirety.
No, the Republicans voted against repeal. The title of the legislation is:
“To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of certain information reporting requirements to corporations and to payments for property, to eliminate loopholes which encourage companies to move operations offshore, and for other purposes.”
As always, the devil is in the details. Lord only knows what those “other purposes” are, but if Democrats were for them, they can’t be good for America.
Apparently, the evil hidden in that bill outweighed the good that would come from getting rid of the 1099 mandate.