http://www.startribune.com/business/489054531.html > WASHINGTON The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to kill a sales tax on medical devices that the medical technology industry in Minnesota and around the country have battled for nearly a decade. > Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota introduced the stand-alone repeal legislation. The bill had 277 cosponsors and a seal of approval from the White House going into the vote. It eventually passed 283-132.