“Those issues are not even related.”
I thought the same thing (I thought he meant that terrible bill that passed the House mandating that businesses collect sales taxes for states in which they do not do business), but read the article, and he meant a provision in Manchin-Toomey regarding application of the law to private transactions that were advertised on the Internet (whether on social media or via e-mail).
He’s still a sell-out, though.