This bill would repeal the 2006 mandate that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) prefund future retiree health benefits. No other private business or public entity is required to prefund retiree health care decades in advance. In the case of the USPS, the prefunding mandate has resulted in a manufactured financial crisis that is being used by its adversaries to cut postal services. The prefunding mandate costs the Postal Service more than $5 billion annually and accounts for nearly 90% of its operating shortfall. This bill passed the House on Feb. 5, 2020.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 309
NAYs: 106
Legislator | State Sort descending | District | Party | Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. Paul Gosar | 9 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Doris Matsui | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jimmy Gomez | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Doug LaMalfa | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Thompson | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano | 31 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mark Takano | 39 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nancy Pelosi | 11 | Democrat | Speaker | ||
Rep. Eric Swalwell | 14 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ami Bera | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Garamendi | 8 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier | 10 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Tony Cárdenas | 29 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Karen Bass | 37 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. TJ Cox | 21 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Salud Carbajal | 24 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nanette Barragán | 44 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ken Calvert | 41 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Costa | 21 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Adam B. Schiff | 30 | Democrat | Yes |