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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Democrats Urge Delay For ‘Job-Killing’ Obamacare Tax

Sixteen Democratic senators who voted for the Affordable Care Act are asking that one of its fundraising mechanisms, a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices scheduled to take effect January 1, be delayed. Echoing arguments made by Republicans against Obamacare, the Democratic senators say the levy will cost jobs — in a statement Monday, Sen. Al Franken called it a “job-killing tax” — and also impair American competitiveness in the medical device field.

The senators, who made the request in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, are Franken, Richard Durbin, Charles Schumer, Patty Murray, John Kerry, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Joseph Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Robert Casey, Debbie Stabenow, Barbara Mikulski, Kay Hagan, Herb Kohl, Jeanne Shaheen, and Richard Blumenthal. All voted for Obamacare.

Two other Democrats, senators-elect Joe Donnelly and Elizabeth Warren, also signed the letter. Donnelly voted for Obamacare as a member of the House. Warren was not in Congress at the time.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

No No No. These people voted for this bill without reading it and they voted for the bill in it's entirety. So, now they want to pick apart the pieces that may hinder them from being reelected. The entire law should be repealed now before damage is done by Obama. If you recall he had to bribe 2 States to get the votes to pass the bill.

Anonymous said...

Aahh, now they've read it and realized what dumba$$es they were.

Anonymous said...

Too funny! They all voted for this fiasco, yes---without even knowing what the dopes were voting for! Dumbocrats! The amazing part is the ignorant fools who vote for this incompetence. Anyone with a functioning brain should be ashamed to be a dumbocrat. Supporting so called dumbocrat "leaders" like "We gotta pass the bill before we read it Pelosi."

Anonymous said...

6:37 You were close. Pelosi said "We gotta pass this bill to see what's in it." Our Country is in a serious debt crisis and Obamacare is going to add another trillion and a half to it. This crap has to stop somewhere. Let the Democrats fail on their own out of control spending and they will blame it on George Bush.

Anonymous said...

Comerades,they will do what they want.They gave 1000 companies waivers from Obamacare already.

Anonymous said...

Oh I forgot. Muslims have a waiver from the law because it is considered gambling, and gambling is against the Koran. So where in the hell is the separation of church and state in this legislation? This Obamacare law must be repealed for all citizens not just a few.