Thread: Goodbye USPO
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Old 08-01-2012, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Riot View Post
I find it ridiculous that the Republicans in Congress demanded that the USPO fund retirement funds years in advance, in a deliberate effort to eliminate the PO, and also refuse to allow the PO to raise rates to what is needed to break even.
Votes: Dec 8, 2006: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote. A record of each representative’s position was not kept.

Dec 9, 2006: This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. A record of each senator’s position was not kept.

Additionally, two of the three cosponsors for this bill were Democrats and you just don’t get more “liberal” than Henry Waxman (D-CA):
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