House Republican leadership is playing games with H.R. 4, which, as originally written, would eliminate 1099 reporting as imposed by Obama’s healthcare legislation. Despite H.R. 4 passing the House by...

H.R. 4 passed the House by a vote of 314-112, which fairly much assures it would pass the House in a final vote.  However, a companion bill must pass the Senate before Obama faces the unpleasant choice...

Gold and silver investors are concerned about the 1099 reporting that was slipped into Obama’s 2,400-page healthcare legislation, and rightfully so.  The measure is invasive, burdensome and un-American. ...

The move to eliminate the 1099 reporting, which is now law but doesn’t go into effect until 2012, suffered a setback last week when the Senate rejected Nebraskan Senator Mike Johanns’ S. 3578, which...

UPDATE: With absolutely no fanfare, 1099 reporting of $600 transactions as called for under Obamacare was repealed April 14, 2011.  The votes in Congress were overwhelmingly in favor of repeal, vitually...