Tom Rooney Looks to Change Full-Time Employment Under Obama's Health Care Law

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., joined up with U.S. Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., to unveil a bill looking to change the definition of full-time employment under the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama. Under the law, employees who work 30 or more hours are eligible for the federal program. Rooneys and Youngs bill would change that definition to 40 hours.

Rooney insisted that many businesses were forced to cut part-time workers hours due to this provision of the law.

Were already seeing small businesses, local governments and schools in Florida and across the country having to cut employee hours and wages just to comply with Obamacare, and this problem will only worsen unless Congress takes action, Rooney said. Hard-working Americans and their families are going to lose the wages they desperately need to make ends meet in the weak Obama economy. Its time to restore some common sense.