2012S. 1789

Postal Service Bailout

2012 - U.S. Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

The Senate passed a postal service overhaul bill that temporarily covers billions of dollars in losses but prohibits any reforms to fix the long-term problems of the post office. The Postmaster General has predicted that without reforms, the Post Office would lose $238 billion between 2010 and 2020. ACU supports true postal reform and opposed this bill. The bill passed the Senate on April 25, 2012, by a vote of 62-37.

62

Voted Yes

37

Voted No

1

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 100

LegislatorVote
Richard Shelby Conservative
Jefferson Sessions III Conservative
Lisa Murkowski Leftist
Mark Begich Leftist
John McCain III Conservative
Jon Kyl Conservative
Mark Pryor Leftist
John Boozman Leftist
Dianne Feinstein Leftist
Barbara Boxer Leftist
Mark Udall Leftist
Michael Bennet Leftist
Joseph Lieberman Leftist
Richard Blumenthal Leftist
Thomas Carper Leftist
Christopher Coons Leftist
Clarence Nelson Leftist
Marco Rubio Conservative
Saxby Chambliss Conservative
Johnny Isakson Conservative
Daniel Inouye Leftist
Daniel Akaka Conservative
Mike Crapo Conservative
James Risch Conservative
Richard Durbin Leftist
Mark Kirk Did Not Vote
Richard Lugar Conservative
Daniel Coats Conservative
Chuck Grassley Leftist
Thomas Harkin Leftist
Charles Roberts Leftist
Jerry Moran Leftist
Mitch McConnell Conservative
Rand Paul Conservative
Mary Landrieu Leftist
David Vitter Conservative
Olympia Snowe Leftist
Susan Collins Leftist
Barbara Mikulski Leftist
Benjamin Cardin Leftist
John Kerry Leftist
Scott Brown Leftist
Carl Levin Leftist
Debbie Stabenow Leftist
Amy Klobuchar Leftist
Al Franken Leftist
William Cochran Leftist
Roger Wicker Leftist
Claire McCaskill Leftist
Roy Blunt Leftist
Max Baucus Leftist
Jon Tester Leftist
Earl Nelson Leftist
Mike Johanns Conservative
Harry Reid Leftist
Dean Heller Conservative
Jeanne Shaheen Leftist
Kelly Ayotte Conservative
Frank Lautenberg Leftist
Robert Menendez Conservative
Jesse Bingaman Jr. Leftist
Thomas Udall Leftist
Charles Schumer Leftist
Kirsten Gillibrand Leftist
Richard Burr Conservative
Kay Hagan Leftist
Kent Conrad Leftist
John Hoeven Leftist
Sherrod Brown Leftist
Rob Portman Conservative
Jim Inhofe Conservative
Thomas Coburn Conservative
Ron Wyden Leftist
Jeff Merkley Leftist
Robert Casey, Jr. Leftist
Pat Toomey Conservative
Jack Reed Leftist
Sheldon Whitehouse Leftist
Lindsey Graham Conservative
James Demint Conservative
Timothy Johnson Leftist
John Thune Conservative
Lamar Alexander Leftist
Robert Corker Conservative
Kathryn Hutchison Conservative
John Cornyn Conservative
Orrin Hatch Conservative
Mike Lee Conservative
Patrick Leahy Leftist
Bernard Sanders Leftist
James Webb Leftist
Mark Warner Leftist
Patty Murray Leftist
Maria Cantwell Leftist
John Rockefeller IV Conservative
Joe Manchin, III Conservative
Herbert Kohl Leftist
Ron Johnson Conservative
Michael Enzi Conservative
John Barrasso Conservative

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