Medical device makers flex muscle in debt limit fight

Medical device makers flex muscle in debt limit fight-politico: Several key lawmakers advocating a medical device tax repeal deal to end the current fiscal standoff could be rewarded by more than just a peacemaker reputation. The olive branch they’re offering could boost their campaign coffers. Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) are among the lawmakers urging their colleagues to end the shutdown stalemate by ditching the new levy, created in 2010 as part of Obamacare.