“Hoosiers will have a very clear choice in November. Todd Young is a Marine who has fought to protect Indiana values, create jobs, and stood up against dangerous policies like Obamacare and cap-and-trade. Evan Bayh is a lobbyist who backed the Obama agenda 96 percent of the time as he left the Senate in 2010, knowing he couldn’t win re-election thanks to his support for the toxic Democrat agenda. His support for Obama’s job-killing policies disqualifies him from the opportunity to represent Indiana again.
“Bayh is a tax hiker and the definition of a Washington insider who didn’t even wait a month to sign a lobbying deal after he left office six years ago. And when Barack Obama and Harry Reid come calling, Bayh is standing at the ready. This bait-and-switch maneuver is the latest sign that Democrats are desperate to hang onto their diminishing chances to take the Senate in November. It won’t work. On Election Day, Hoosiers will send in a Marine to do the job of representing them in the Senate.”
BACKGROUND
Bayh Became A Partner At McGuireWoods The Month He Left The Senate
Bayh Is A Partner At McGuireWoods. “Sen. Evan Bayh, a former two-term governor of Indiana (1989-1997) and U.S. senator (1999-2011), serves as a strategic advisor to many of the firm’s most significant clients, particularly those whose business goals are impacted by the actions of Congress, the executive branch, or by governors and legislators across the country.” (McGuireWoods Website, www.mcguirewoods.com, Accessed 3/13/15)
Bayh Joined McGuireWoods In January 2011 As A “Strategic Advisor” To Clients – “Particularly Those Whose Business Goals Are Impacted By Public Policy, The Actions Of Congress.” “Evan Bayh, the former two-term Governor of Indiana and United States Senator from 1999 to 2011, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Washington office, the firm announced today. Senator Bayh will serve as a strategic advisor to the firm’s most significant domestic and international clients, particularly those whose business goals are impacted by public policy, the actions of Congress, the executive branch, or by governors and legislatures across the country.” (McGuireWoods, Sen. Evan Bayh Joins McGuireWoods,” Press Release, 1/31/11)
Bayh Voted For Obamacare, Which Included The Medical Device Tax
In October 2009, Bayh Said The Medical Device Tax Had Been “Modified” In A Way That “Will Not Impact Thousands Of Good-Paying Jobs.” “In an indication of the pressure Reid faces, Bayh said the majority leader had agreed to cut an earlier proposal for a $40 billion tax on medical device makers. ‘He significantly modified that proposal in a way that I understand will not impact thousands of good-paying jobs,’ said Bayh, whose state is home to Guidant Corp., a maker of cardiovascular devices, among other major industry players. Numerous officials said Reid had agreed to reduce the new tax to $20 billion over a decade. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.” (David Espo, “Dem Moderates Challenge Reid On Health Care Plan,” The Associated Press, 10/28/09)
Bayh Said His Concerns About The Medical Device Tax Had Been Satisfied. “Bayh said today he is waiting to see the tax on paper but believes his concerns have largely been satisfied. Bayh said his vote on the motion to proceed on the overhaul bill hinged in part on the device tax. ‘I’d be giving a much different answer about motion to proceed if they hadn’t addressed that,’ he said.” (Anna Edney, “House Reaches Deal On $20B Device Tax,” National Journal, 10/27/09)
In March 2010, Bayh Voted To Kill An Amendment That Would Have Exempted Certain Pediatric Assistive Devices From The Medical Device Tax. “Baucus, D-Mont., motion to table (kill) the Inhofe, R-Okla., amendment no. 3588 that would exempt certain pediatric assistive devices from a provision in the bill that would establish a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices. It would be offset by lowering, from 8 percent to 5 percent, the 2010 health care overhaul law’s affordability tax exemption for individuals under the individual mandate.” (H.R. 4872, CQ Vote #80: Motion agreed to 57-41: R 0-40; D 55-1; I 2-0, 3/24/10, Bayh Voted Yea)
After Leaving Office, Bayh Admitted The Tax ‘Threatens Thousands Of American Jobs,’ Including Jobs In Indiana.
In A 2012 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, Bayh Said The Medical Device Tax “Threatens Thousands Of American Jobs And Our Global Competitiveness.” “The Supreme Court decision in June upholding the Affordable Care Act leaves in place a tax on medical devices that threatens thousands of American jobs and our global competitiveness.” (Evan Bayh, Op-Ed, “Evan Bayh: ObamaCare’s Tax Raid on Medical Devices,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/27/12)
Bayh Said The Device Tax “Stifle Critical Medical Innovation.” “It will also stifle critical medical innovation in the industry that gave us defibrillators, pacemakers, artificial joints, stents, chemotherapy delivery systems and almost every device we depend on to save lives.” (Evan Bayh, Op-Ed, “Evan Bayh: ObamaCare’s Tax Raid on Medical Devices,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/27/12)
Bayh Said The “Confiscatory Level Of Taxation” Was Threatening Jobs At Device Manufacturers In Indiana. “The adverse effect of this confiscatory level of taxation on traditional device makers is already clear. In my state of Indiana alone, Cook Medical has canceled plans to build one new U.S. facility annually in each of the next several years, and Zimmer plans to lay off 450 workers, while Hill-Rom expects to lay off 200. Stryker, based in Michigan, anticipates having to lay off 1,000 workers.” (Evan Bayh, Op-Ed, “Evan Bayh: ObamaCare’s Tax Raid on Medical Devices,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/27/12)