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Dear NALC e-Activist;
The U.S.
House of Representatives took a giant step towards enacting
comprehensive postal reform yesterday while rejecting a number
of negative amendments that NALC and its coalition of mailers
and employee groups opposed. Tuesday night the
House passed H.R. 22, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement
Act of 2005, by a vote of 410 to 20. The
House defeated amendments that would have allowed
privatization pilot tests, eliminated the planned labor seat on
the USPS Board of Governors, and saddled the USPS with the cost
of military pension benefits, and the Pence-McHenry Amendment to
slash our workers’ compensation benefits was withdrawn.
Letter carriers across the country owe a debt of
gratitude to the thousands of e-Activist who responded to the
NALC’s call to action early this week to oppose the
workers’ compensation amendment. Thank you for your
dedication and quick action.
The lopsided vote in favor of
postal reform, which is intended to secure the long-term
viability of the Postal Service in the Internet Age, is only the
first step. We have a lot of work to do to move reform
through the U.S. Senate after the August congressional recess
and to both improve the bills and protect against any negative
amendments when the bills go to a House-Senate conference
committee. Based on the performance of our e-Activist
network this week, I am confident that we can do whatever it
takes to achieve our legislative goals.
If your representative in
Congress is not among the members listed below who voted against
H.R. 22, please take the time to call (202-224-3121) or e-mail him
or her to thank them for supporting postal reform. If your
representative is one of the 20 who voted against the bill,
contact him or her at the same phone number and ask why he or
she voted "no."
Thanks again for your efforts
on behalf of all the nation’s letter carriers.
In Solidarity,
William H.
Young
President
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Members of Congress who voted
WRONG on H.R. 22
Jeff Flake,
AZ-6th
Trent Franks,
AZ-2nd
John Shadegg,
AZ-3rd
Ed Royce,
CA-40th
Marlin Musgrave,
CO-4th
Tom Feeney,
FL-24th
Dave Weldon,
FL-15th
Jim Nussle,
IA-1st
Butch Otter,
ID-1st
Chris Chocola,
IN-2nd
Mike Pence,
IN-6th
Todd Akin,
MO-2nd
Ernest Istook,
OK-5th
Gresham Barrett,
SC-3rd
John Culberson,
TX-7th
Louie Gohmert,
TX-1st
Jeb Hensarling,
TX-5th
Sam Johnson,
TX-3rd
Ron Paul,
TX-14th
Jo Ann Davis, VA-1st
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