Following the announcement from the U.S. Treasury Department, Indaina's two U.S. Senators and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, whose district includes Pulaski County, weighed in on the decision as follows:

Treasury implements Donnelly-Collins request for employer transition relief

INDIANAPOLIS - Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) issued the following statement after the Treasury announced it would implement a year of transition relief for businesses, free from penalty, as they implement, better understand, and lawmakers improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

 "I am pleased that the Treasury announced they will be implementing what Senator Collins and I asked for last month: transition relief, free of penalty, for employers as they work to understand what health care reform means for their businesses and as we work to make common sense improvements,” Donnelly said. “A year of transition allows us to work on improving the law to make it work better, such as the proposal Senator Collins and I introduced to redefine 'full-time' as 40 hours a week."

On June 19, Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Donnelly sent a letter to President Obama requesting transition relief, free of penalty, for businesses working to understand the ACA and as lawmakers work to improve the law. Read the letter here.

Senators Donnelly and Collins also introduced the Forty Hours is Full Time Act, which would change the definition of a “full-time employee” in the ACA to someone who works an average of 40 hours per week and the number of hours counted toward a “full-time equivalent” employee to 174 hours per month.  Under the ACA, a full-time employee is currently defined as someone who works an average of at least 30 hours per week, and there is significant confusion among employers who are struggling to understand and comply with the new requirements.

Coats: Employer Mandate delay shows need for Obamacare repeal

'Rather than delay a bad policy, all Americans should be permanently exempted from Obamacare's taxes and mandates'

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Tuesday night released the following statement after the Obama administration announced it will delay the penalties for employers who do not provide health insurance coverage to workers, but that penalties on individuals not purchasing insurance would still apply:

“This news is evidence that even the Obama administration is realizing the coming train wreck of its own health care law. While the administration has conveniently delayed this job-killing mandate on employers until after the 2014 elections, Obamacare remains an unwanted burden on Hoosier families and individuals. Rather than delay a bad policy, all Americans should be permanently exempted from Obamacare’s taxes and mandates. We need to repeal the deeply flawed health care law and replace it with step-by-step reforms that actually lower costs and put patients, not bureaucrats, in charge of their own health care decisions.”

Walorski issues statement on Obamacare Employer Mandate delay

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Jackie Walorski released the following statement after the Administration's announcement that the employer mandate in Obamacare will be delayed until 2015:

"The Obama Administration's move to delay the employer mandate is proof that Obamacare is bad policy for American families and businesses.

"This may provide temporary relief for businesses, but postponing this provision does not prevent Obamacare from killing jobs and further damaging the economy.

"Instead of another Band-Aid, we must fully repeal Obamacare and work on a commonsense approach to improving our broken health care system.

"Last month, I joined roundtable discussions with Hoosier business owners in each county during a district-wide Chamber of Commerce tour, and Obamacare was the number one concern at each meeting.  It is time for the President and Senate to join the House and listen to the American people to repeal this train wreck legislation."