The House voted 314–122 to repeal the 1099 provision of Obamacare on Thursday, with significant bipartisan support. All 238 Republicans (who voted) supported the measure, while Democrats split 76–112.
The Senate already voted to repeal the measure earlier this month, by a 81–17 margin.
The 1099 provision of the health-care law had been scheduled to go into effect in 2013, and had horrified small business because it would have mandated that all companies record and report to the IRS any business-to-business transactions in excess of $600. Democrats added the provision in order to “recover” an estimated $17.1 billion in “unreported income” and boost their claim that Obamacare would reduce the deficit by about $100 billion.
“The 1099 mandate has been a major source of uncertainty for small businesses trying to grapple with the costs and consequences of the government takeover of health care,” House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said in a statement. “By repealing the 1099 mandate, we are continuing to listen to the American people and taking another step towards creating a better environment for job creation in America.”