Mike Johanns

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  Banking Committee Advances Flood-Extension Bill to Full Senate

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 8, 2011

  Legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program until Sept. 30, 2016 was reported to the Senate floor today by the Senate Banking Committee.

• Senate Passes 1099 Repeal; Bill Goes To President

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 11, 2011

  Led by Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb), the Senate passed legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision in the healthcare-reform law and sent the bill to President Obama for his signature.

• Recent Healthcare Skirmishes Show Difficulty Of ‘Repeal And Replace’

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 11, 2011

  Opponents of the healthcare-reform law are expending huge amounts of rhetorical energy bad-mouthing the legislation, and various means of repealing it are pushing forward—even as the rolling-out of the bill continues apace.

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  Senate Passes 1099 Repeal; Bill Goes To President

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 5, 2011

  Led by Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb, the Senate today passed legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision in the healthcare reform law and sent the bill to President Obama for his signature.

• Congress Fails In Effort To Repeal 1099 Provision In Health Care Law

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 30, 2010

  Property and casualty trade groups urged Congress to keep trying after the Senate failed late Monday to pass legislation that would repeal a tax reporting provision of the health care reform law.

• Senate Rejects Change On Tax Reporting

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 15, 2010

  The Senate rejected the first efforts to revise or repeal a provision of the health care reform law that puts stringent tax-reporting mandates on small businesses.

• PIA Joins Groups Concerned By Health Care Tax Provision

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 10, 2010

  The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has joined a host of insurance trade groups asking the Senate to quickly change a health care law tax reporting provision scheduled to go into effect in 2012.

• Looming Flood Insurance Expiration Puts Congress Back On The Hot Seat

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 6, 2010

  Ensuring that the NFIP remains in force--at least through a short-term reauthorization--is the priority for property and casualty industry lobbyists as Congress returns next week for what is expected to be a brief but turbulent session.

• Senate To Address Health Tax Issue Opposed By Agents

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 1, 2010

  The Senate is expected to take up a measure to limit a stringent tax-reporting mandate scheduled to go into effect in 2012 as part of health care reform.