This bill would bring financial stability to the Postal Service. First, it eliminates the mandate that the Postal Service pre-fund its retiree health care benefits decades in advance, a requirement asked of no other public or private agency. Second, it adopts private sector best practices by maximizing the integration of postal annuitants into Medicare – a program to which the Postal Service and its workers have contributed over $34 billion. Additionally, the legislation benefits the public by codifying the mandate to provide six-day mail delivery.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 342
NAYs: 92
Legislator | State | District | Party Sort descending | Vote | |
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Rep. John B. Larson | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Joe Neguse | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Higgins | 26 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lucy McBath | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Adam Smith | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Rick Larsen | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Peter Welch | Democrat | Yes | |||
Rep. James E. Clyburn | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Richard E. Neal | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lori Trahan | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Doris Matsui | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Langevin | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Doyle | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Deborah Ross | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano | 31 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ritchie Torres | 15 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ilhan Omar | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sylvia Garcia | 29 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jerrold Nadler | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Norma Torres | 35 | Democrat | Yes |