Senate Forces Indirect Vote on Healthcare Repeal, Approves Amendment to Rescind 1099 Reporting Requirements

As expected, on Wednesday Senators opposed to the Affordable Care Act failed to gain sufficient votes to include an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would have repealed the health care reform law in its entirety. While all 47 Republican Senators voted in favor the amendment (S. AMDT. 13), at least 60 votes were needed. Although there was some speculation that a few Democratic senators would cross the aisle and support the amendment, none cast a vote in its favor. Last month, the House approved by a vote of 245-189 the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R. 2), legislation Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said he has no plans to consider in the Senate. Including the repeal language via an amendment to a larger bill that already has significant bipartisan support was a back-door maneuver to force the issue to a vote in that chamber.  Continue reading this entry at Littler's Healthcare Employment Counsel.

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