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. John Ratcliffe | 4 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Randy Weber | 14 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Jodey Arrington | 19 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Bill Flores | 17 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Kenny Marchant | 24 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Al Green | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Colin Allred | 32 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Michael Cloud | 27 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Will Hurd | 23 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Filemon Vela | 34 | Democrat | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Kevin Brady | 8 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Marc Veasey | 33 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kay Granger | 12 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Veronica Escobar | 16 | Democrat | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Lance Gooden | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Chip Roy | 21 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Joaquín Castro | 20 | Democrat | Yes |