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 ascending | District | Party | Vote | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. Veronica Escobar | 16 | Democrat | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Lance Gooden | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Michael C. Burgess | 26 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Brian Babin | 36 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. K. Michael Conaway | 11 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. William M. Thornberry | 13 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Jodey Arrington | 19 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Lloyd Doggett | 37 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Pete Olson | 22 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Louie Gohmert | 1 | Republican | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Michael McCaul | 10 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Van Taylor | 3 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Colin Allred | 32 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Michael Cloud | 27 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Sylvia Garcia | 29 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Ratcliffe | 4 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Kevin Brady | 8 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Ron Wright | 6 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Kenny Marchant | 24 | Republican | Yes |