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: 79
NAYs: 19
Legislator Sort descending | State | Party | Vote | |
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. John Barrasso | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Michael Bennet | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Marsha Blackburn | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Richard Blumenthal | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Roy Blunt | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Cory Booker | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. John Boozman | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Mike Braun | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Sherrod Brown | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Richard M. Burr | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Maria Cantwell | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Thomas R. Carper | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Bob Casey | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Bill Cassidy | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Susan Collins | Republican | Yes | ||
Sen. Christopher A. Coons | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. John Cornyn | Republican | No |