Posted on 02/02/2011 4:01:00 PM PST by Slyscribe
As expected, all 47 Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to repeal the sweeping health law, but no Democratic members joined them, leaving the GOP well short of the 60 needed to pass. But the bill, which easily cleared the GOP-led House last month, forced vulnerable Senate Dems to once again back the controversial legislation.
Meanwhile, the Senate voted 81-17 to roll back the much-hated “1099” tax-reporting requirement. The obscure ObamaCare provision would have required companies, starting in 2012, to file a 1099 tax form every time they make cumulative purchases of $600 or more from any business.
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OK the Senate is unconstitutional. Disband it and repeal the 17th amendment.
Thank God.
>> no Democratic members joined them,
The persuasion must have been significant in spite of the impending reelection consequences.
I actually think this very good news. There was no way that we were going to get the 60 votes so putting another nail in the coffin of some 2012 election Dem Senators is a real plus. They are going to regret their vote.
I sure hope Florida has a strong opponent for that idiot Bill Nelson.
Yay on the 1099s. I had to do just one this year, and I must have re-did it 10 times. I’m still not sure that I filled it out correctly. I used the carbon forms and the 4th copy was nearly unreadable.
To use the computer forms would have cost me about $70 and I would have had to discard 24 of the 25.
So 16,000 new IRS agents don’t have to be hired?
Love it. On record voting FOR what will be found to be a clearly, blatantly unconstitutional bill. Grist for the 2012 mill.......
Repealing the 17th Amendment is the only way to kill Big Government. I don’t see it happening in my life time.
I don’t get why this is necessary. It has been ruled unconsitutional and void. The 1099s didn’t have to be filled out anyways. I think the Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot.
Obama hasn’t signed it yet.
Good. Now we can properly label all the Democrats in the Senate as socialists.
I don’t get why this is necessary. It has been ruled unconsitutional and void. The 1099s didn’t have to be filled out anyways. I think the Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot. I think it actually shows Republicans don’t believe it will be repealed in the long run. Why are they trying to make it better? It’s unconstitutional and doesn’t need to be followed.
Several conservatives are tripping over one another to boot Nelson.
It has already been ruled unconstitutional, we don’t need to vote on it again.
As a Florida resident, I couldn’t agree more.
During the Obamacare(less) debate, I emailed Nelson’s office and blasted him for his support of the monstrosity. I got a robo-email that stated “Bill Nelson thanks you for your support” in reply. I called his office and got nowhere, too.
Agree. What did Reid promise or threaten them with?
You got that right. Six of the States currently suing the Federal government for repeal of the Insurance bill had both Senators vote in favor of it. That's 12 Senators right there that voted directly against the wishes of the States they were supposed to represent. Without the 17th Amendment, this never would have happened.
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