More Democrat Disarray on 1099 Reporting
In case you’re interested, the House is having an interesting debate this morning on repealing the 1099 reporting provision. Rather than allowing an up-or-down vote last night on Rep. Camp’s motion to recommit repealing Section 9006 of the health care law, Democrats pulled their tax legislation from consideration. They then brought to the House floor this morning under suspension of the rules a separate measure that would repeal Section 9006—paid for by other job-killing tax increases on business—while denying Republicans a vote on Rep. Camp’s alternative, which would not raise taxes on the small businesses who are the engines of job creation.
To recap: Democrats will vote to repeal a portion of the health care law, after having voted to pass it only four short months ago. Rep. Bill Owens of New York says that this rapid about-face shows that “we listened” to the concerns of small businesses about implementing this legislation. But if Democrats were really listening to small businesses—or the American people—why did they pass this unpopular and job-killing law in the first place?