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The Policyholder Protection Act, introduced by Congressman Posey and signed into law last December, will ensure that your personal insurance policies are not raided in order to bail out banks affiliated with your insurance company. This legislation will “wall off” insurance assets set aside to pay the claims of policyholders from the risky practices of an insurer’s affiliated financial… Read more »

Congressman Posey reintroduced the Reasserting American Leadership in Space Act, or REAL Space Act, on April 27, 2015. This bill directs NASA to return to the Moon by 2023 and develop a sustained human presence as a stepping stone to Mars and other destinations within our solar system.  The legislation also emphasizes the importance of maintaining the United States’ preeminence in… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the Estuary Urgent Needs Priority Program Act, bipartisan legislation that helps restore our Indian River Lagoon by providing more resources to resolve its current ecological challenges. These imperative provisions were included in the National Estuary Program (NEP) reauthorization (H.R. 944), which passed the House on June 1, 2015 and signed into law on May… Read more »

Congressman Posey is the lead sponsor of bipartisan legislation to aid job creation and economic recovery by preventing federal bank regulators from arbitrarily penalizing small community banks for working with borrowers to modify their loans or accepting mortgage payments from someone other than the borrower. Since the 2008 financial crisis, federal bank regulators have been… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced legislation to eliminate a generous death benefit set aside for the family of Members of Congress who pass away during the term of their service. The Congressional death gratuity was initially intended decades ago as a form of life insurance for families of Members of Congress. The benefit in the amount of an entire year’s salary is payable to the survivor of… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced legislation to ensure the timely payment of Social Security benefits to senior citizens by requiring that Social Security checks be sent to seniors even if the federal government reaches the statutory debt limit. The Social Security Check Guarantee Act is intended to reassure senior citizens that the government is obligated to pay their social security… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the Senior Citizen Income Security Act to help senior citizens improve their economic well being and to restore some of the original promises that were made years ago through Social Security. The legislation implements the following: 1. Repeals the 1993 Clinton tax increase on Social Security benefits so that no senior is double taxed on their earned… Read more »

The RE-asserting American Leadership in Space Act, or REAL Space Act, sets a new course for NASA toward human space flight while keeping within current budgetary constraints. Specifically, the bipartisan legislation directs NASA to plan to return to the Moon by 2022 and develop a sustained human presence on the Moon as a stepping stone for the future exploration of Mars and other… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the ASAP Act or the Assure Servicemembers Are Paid Act to require that in the event of a government shutdown, our military men and women defending our nation continue being paid without delay. The United States enjoys the benefits of an all volunteer, professional military force. Many of the families of junior enlisted service members are surviving paycheck to… Read more »

Congressman Posey introduced the Child Tax Credit Preservation Act which makes the $1,000 per child tax credit permanent and requires that it be indexed to account for inflation each year. The idea behind the legislation is to help families plan for future expenses and to correct for the value of the credit which has eroded due to inflation since 2001 when it was set at $1,000. It should… Read more »