Bill Posey#H.R. 1503 (2009)

Posey was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Beatrice (née Tohl) and Walter J. Posey. His mother's family immigrated from Russia and is of Jewish heritage and his father is a Protestant of primarily English ancestry.{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/posey.htm |title=Bill Posey ancestry |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=June 11, 2017}} Posey moved to Florida in 1956 when his father took a job in engineering with McDonnell Douglas, working on the Delta rocket.{{cite news|last=Takala|first=Rudy|author-link=Rudy Takala|title=The red tape keeping private companies from getting us into space|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-red-tape-keeping-private-companies-from-getting-us-into-space/article/2595399=all|newspaper=The Washington Examiner|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817015804/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-red-tape-keeping-private-companies-from-getting-us-into-space/article/2595399=all|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=dead}} In 1969, he graduated from Brevard Community College with an Associate of Arts degree.

Posey got a job with McDonnell Douglas, and did Apollo Space Program work at Kennedy Space Center until he was laid off.{{cite book |title=2014 Almanac of American Politics |last2=Barone |first2=Chuck |last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year= 2013}} From 1974 to 1976, he worked on the Rockledge Planning Commission. In 1976, he was elected a member of the City Council, and from 1986 to 1992, he was a member of the Brevard County Business and Industrial Development Commission. Posey also founded a real estate company during the 1970s, and later became director of the state Association of Realtors. While serving in local politics, he also became a researcher on government accountability and transparency.

While serving in the state legislature, Posey was a chief sponsor of a bill designed to modernize the Florida election process in response to the 2000 presidential election controversy. He also worked to revise insurance policy so as to aid hurricane victims.{{cite web|url=http://posey.house.gov/about/index.shtml |access-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111201910/http://posey.house.gov/about/index.shtml |archive-date=January 11, 2009 | title = Biography - Congressman Bill Posey, Representing the 15th District of Florida }}

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Posey ran to replace retiring U.S. Representative Dave Weldon, who had held the 15th District seat since 1995, when the district first voted Republican.

Posey defeated Democratic nominee Stephen Blythe with 53.1% of the vote to Blythe's 42.0%.{{cite web|url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2008&DATAMODE=|publisher=Florida Secretary of State|title=November 4, 2008 General Election}}

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Posey was reelected over former NASA executive and public administrator Shannon Roberts with 64.7% of the vote to Roberts's 35.3%.{{cite web|url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/2/2010&DATAMODE=|publisher=Florida Secretary of State|title=November 2, 2010 General Election}}

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Posey was reelected with 58.9% of the vote over Roberts and nonpartisan candidate Richard Gillmor.{{cite web|title=Posey wins 3rd term in House|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20121107/NEWS05/311070040/Posey-wins-3rd-term-House|publisher=Florida TODAY|access-date=November 7, 2012}}

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Posey was reelected with 65.84% of the vote over Democratic nominee Gabriel Rothblatt.

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Posey was reelected with 63.11% of the vote over Democratic nominee Corry Westbrook.

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Posey was reelected with 60.50% of the vote over Democratic nominee Sanjay Patel.

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Posey was reelected with 61.36% of the vote over Democratic nominee Jim Kennedy.

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Posey was reelected with 64.91% of the vote over Democratic nominee Joanne Terry.

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title= Bill Posey |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000599 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=3 May 2023}}

• Committee on Financial Services
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• Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
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Shortly after entering Congress, Posey introduced legislation (H.R. 1503) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates for the presidency "to include with the [campaign] committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate" and supporting documentation.{{cite news| first=Ben| last=Smith| title=Birther bill hits Congress|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2009/03/birther-bill-hits-congress-016761?showall| work=Politico.com

| date=March 13, 2009| access-date=March 13, 2009}} Introduced without the Republican leadership's knowledge,{{cite news| first=Mark| last=Preston| title=Republican wants WH candidates to prove citizenship| url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/13/gop-congressman-wants-presidential-candidates-to-prove-citizenship/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316170114/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/13/gop-congressman-wants-presidential-candidates-to-prove-citizenship/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 16, 2009| publisher=CNN| date=March 13, 2009| access-date=March 13, 2009}} Florida Today wrote, "Posey meant for his bill to prevent the kind of feckless hysteria that drives the "birthers," people who insist President Barack Obama was born in Kenya or Indonesia". quoting Bill posey to say "The first rule of open government is transparency,"{{Cite web |date=2009-08-01 |title=Matt Reed: Much-maligned Posey tries to repair government {{!}} floridatoday.com {{!}} FLORIDA TODAY |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/COLUMNISTS0207/907300315 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801152812/http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/COLUMNISTS0207/907300315 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-08-01 |access-date=2025-05-21 }} Florida Today also noted that Posey's office "does not question Obama's citizenship."{{cite news|author=Kim Eun Kyung|title=Posey to president hopefuls: Prove it|url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/mar/16/posey-president-hopefuls-prove-it/|work=Florida Today|date=March 14, 2009|access-date=March 14, 2011}} Posey said his motivation was to "prevent something like this from happening in the future" by requiring "the birth certificate up front and take [the issue] off the table". His initiative was strongly criticized by Florida Democrats, who accused him of trying to "fan the rumors on the extreme fringe of the Republican Party" and "pandering to the right wing".{{cite news| first=Mark| last=Matthews| title=Posey: Future presidential candidates should show their birth certificates; won't say whether he believes Obama is a US citizen| url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/03/posey-future-presidential-candidates-should-show-their-birth-certificates-wont-say-whether-he-believ.html| work=Orlando Sentinel| date=March 13, 2009| access-date=March 13, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319082319/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/03/posey-future-presidential-candidates-should-show-their-birth-certificates-wont-say-whether-he-believ.html| archive-date=March 19, 2009}} Posey said that there was now "no reason to question" that Obama is a U.S. citizen.{{cite news| last=Matthews| first=Mark K.| title=New Rep. Bill Posey gains his footing after rough start| work=The Orlando Sentinel| url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-asec-posey-040909,0,6201727.story| date=April 9, 2009| access-date=September 14, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413183806/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-asec-posey-040909,0,6201727.story| archive-date=April 13, 2009| url-status=dead}} The 111th Congress never voted on the bill.{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01503: |title=Bill Summary & Status: 111th Congress (2009 - 2010): H.R.1503 |access-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201233558/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR01503: |url-status=dead }}

As a former worker at Kennedy Space Center and former Chairman of Space Florida’s predecessor organization,{{Cite web |last=Fl 32941-1486 |title=Issues » Bill Posey for Congress |url=https://billposey.com/issues/ |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=Bill Posey for Congress |language=en-US}} Bill Posey prioritized legislation to promote American leadership in space research, capabilities, and exploration. This focus brought high-paying jobs to Brevard County and the Space Coast as well as promoted American space innovation and leadership and national security.

In 2012 Bill Posey wrote H.R. 4401 – RACE for Space Act{{Cite web |last=Rep. Posey |first=Bill [R-FL-15 |date=2012-07-10 |title=H.R.4401 - 112th Congress (2011-2012): To direct the Secretary of Defense to work with non-Federal entities and accept non-Federal funding under strict implementation guidelines to promote efficiencies of the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense in commercial space activities. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4401 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.congress.gov}} (Incorporated into H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for 2013) Enables commercial space companies to utilize excess DOD space launch infrastructure.

in 2015 Bill Posey wrote H.R. 1508 – Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015{{Cite web |last=Rep. Posey |first=Bill [R-FL-8 |date=2015-06-15 |title=H.R.1508 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1508 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.congress.gov}} (Incorporated into Public Law 114-90 – U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, Title IV{{Cite web |last=Rep. McCarthy |first=Kevin [R-CA-23 |date=2015-11-25 |title=H.R.2262 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2262 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.congress.gov}}) – Recognizes property rights of U.S. Space Companies who obtain resources on the moon or other celestial bodies. (The first space property rights bill)

in 2016 Posey sponsored H.R. 2726 – Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act{{Cite web |last=Rep. Posey |first=Bill [R-FL-8 |date=2016-12-16 |title=H.R.2726 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2726 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.congress.gov}} – recognizes and celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with a Commemorative Coin.

In 2019 Bill Posey co-sponsored H.R.748 - CARES Act{{Cite web |last=Rep. Courtney |first=Joe [D-CT-2 |date=2020-03-27 |title=H.R.748 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): CARES Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=www.congress.gov}} including language to protect NASA and defense industry contract jobs and pay. Which allowed thousands of contract workers at NASA and in the defense industry to continue to be paid rather than laid-off during covid pandemic.

In 2016, Posey sponsored legislation to reauthorize and reprioritize funding to clean up America's estuaries signed into law by President Obama.{{cite web |last1=Posey |first1=Bill |title=Posey's Bipartisan Plan to Help Estuaries with Critical Needs Heads to the President's Desk |url=https://posey.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394373 |access-date=13 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=S.1523 - A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1523 |website=US Congress |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=13 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Obama signs bill to help Indian River Lagoon |url=http://archive.tcpalm.com/news/indian-river-lagoon/health/obama-signs-bill-to-help-indian-river-lagoon-3399459b-60c6-6e10-e053-0100007f0fe4-380683231.html |website=TC Palm |access-date=15 June 2018}}

At a May 2018 hearing in the Science, Space and Technology Committee, Posey promoted the claim that climate scientists in the 1970s believed the Earth was cooling;{{Cite news|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/republican-lawmaker-rocks-tumbling-ocean-causing-sea-level-rise|title=Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise|date=May 17, 2018|work=Science {{!}} AAAS|access-date=May 17, 2018|language=en}} expressed skepticism that humans contribute to climate change, asking whether climate change was occurring because carbon dioxide captured in permafrost was now leaking out; and asked whether warming would be beneficial for habitats and to people. Posey said, "I don't think anybody disputes that the Earth is getting warmer; I think what's not clear is the exact amount of who caused what, and getting to that is, I think, where we're trying to go with this committee."

Bill Posey was a Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Estuary Caucus, which was formed to educate Congress on the importance of our nation’s estuaries and pass related environmental legislation. “Our Lagoon is important to our quality of life, our local economies, tourism, our natural beauty, and provides a critical habitat to many indigenous species of wildlife and plant life,” Posey stated in a news release issued by his office.{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Scott |date=2017-02-28 |title=Bill Posey, Brian Mast form Congressional Estuary Caucus |url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/232918-bill-posey-brian-mast-form-congressional-estuary-caucus/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government. |language=en-US}}

In June 2021, Posey was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|title = House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization|website = NBC News| date=June 17, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml|title=Final vote results for roll call 172|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=19 October 2023}}

Posey was among 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/117-2021/h405|title = S. 1605: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 -- House Vote #405 -- Dec 7, 2021}}

In February 2022, Posey co-sponsored the Secure America's Borders First Act, which would prohibit the expenditure or obligation of military and security assistance to Kyiv over the U.S. border with Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6648?r=5&s=1|title = H.R.6648 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Secure America's Borders First Act|date = February 8, 2022}}

In 2023, Posey was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.{{cite web | url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 | date=March 8, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |work=U.S.News |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309070840/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |url-status=live}}

In 2024, Posey voted against the $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine; The Washington Post reported that some of the funding would have supported defense jobs in his constituency.{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first= Marc |title=These politicians voted against their states’ best interests on Ukraine aid|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/25/senators-house-members-opposed-ukraine-aid/ |date=2024-04-25 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=The Washington Post |language=en-US}}

Posey supported legislation that mandates concealed carry permit reciprocity among states.{{cite web|last1=Bycoffe|first1=Aaron|title=Tracking Bill Posey In The Age Of Trump|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/bill-posey/|website=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628003640/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/bill-posey/|archive-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=dead}}

From 2015 to 2016, Posey accepted $2,000 in direct campaign contributions from the NRA Political Victory Fund;{{cite news |last=Grinberg |first=Emanuella |date=February 21, 2018 |title=These Florida lawmakers accepted money from the National Rifle Association |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/nra-pvf-contributions-florida-politicians/index.html |work=CNN |location=Atlanta |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220032500/https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/19/politics/nra-pvf-contributions-florida-politicians/index.html |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |url-status=live}} from 2008 to 2016 he accepted $13,500 from NRA political action committees.{{cite web| title=Thoughts, Prayers and NRA Dollars: How the Gun Lobby Supports and Opposes Members of Florida's Congressional Delegation| date=February 20, 2018| url=https://fcir.org/2018/02/20/thoughts-prayers-and-nra-dollars-how-the-gun-lobby-supports-and-opposes-members-of-floridas-congressional-delegation/| website=Florida Center for Investigative Reporting| publisher=Florida Center for Investigative Reporting| last=Aaronson| first=Trevor| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150835/https://fcir.org/2018/02/20/thoughts-prayers-and-nra-dollars-how-the-gun-lobby-supports-and-opposes-members-of-floridas-congressional-delegation/| archive-date=March 7, 2018| url-status=dead}}

Posey was one of the original cosponsors of the Repeal of the Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, which repealed Obama-era legislation aimed at preventing the mentally infirm from legally purchasing firearms.{{cite news |author= |title=In the wake of school shooting, follow the money |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-editorial-parkland-shooting-congress-gun-lobby-20180216-story.html |work=SunSentinel |location=Broward County, Florida |date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=February 24, 2018 }}

After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Posey expressed support for legislation that would ban bump stocks.{{cite news| last=Rangel| first=Isadora| url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/07/u-s-rep-bill-posey-outlaw-bump-stocks/739950001/| title=U.S. Rep. Bill Posey: Outlaw bump stocks| work=Florida Today|location=Brevard County, Florida| date= October 7, 2017| access-date=February 24, 2018}}

Posey supported repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), calling it a "fiasco" that "was passed under a lot of misrepresentation."{{cite web|last1=Berman|first1=Dave|title=Posey, Rothblatt take their shots at congressional debate|url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/10/14/posey-rothblatt-take-shots-congressional-debate/17279955/|website=Florida Today|access-date=December 22, 2017|language=en}}

Posey was the only Republican representative to vote with the Democratic-controlled House for the Save the Internet Act of 2019, which would overturn the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality and "restore Obama-era net neutrality protections."{{cite web|last=Reardon|first=Marguerite|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/democrats-net-neutrality-bill-passes-house/|title=Democrats' net neutrality bill passes House|work=CNET|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 20, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll167.xml|title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 167|work=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 20, 2019}}

Posey is a proponent of the theory that vaccines cause autism.{{Cite news |last=Mak |first=Aaron |date=2019-10-24 |title=The Congressman Who Grilled Mark Zuckerberg About Vaccines Is Sharing Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories on Facebook |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/mark-zuckerberg-bill-posey-vaccines-facebook.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |issn=1091-2339}}{{Cite web |date=2015-08-21 |title=Rep. Posey at center of vaccine-autism fight |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-bill-posey-vaccines-autism-20150821-story.html/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}} He wrote a foreword for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2015 book Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak, which espoused the theory that thimerosal causes autism.{{Cite book |last=Jr |first=Robert F. Kennedy |url=https://www.amazon.com/Thimerosal-Evidence-Supporting-Immediate-Neurotoxin/dp/1634504429 |title=Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak: The Evidence Supporting the Immediate Removal of Mercury―a Known Neurotoxin―from Vaccines |last2=Hyman |first2=Mark |last3=M.D |first3=Martha Herbert Ph D. |last4=Posey |first4=Bill |date=2015-09-01 |publisher=Skyhorse |isbn=978-1-63450-442-3 |edition=Revised, Updated |language=English}}

in 2015, Posey wrote H.R.1478 - Policyholder Protection Act{{Cite web |last=Rep. Posey |first=Bill [R-FL-8 |date=2015-11-17 |title=H.R.1478 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1478 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.congress.gov}} witch protected personal insurance policies from being raided to bail-out financial firms. This was incorporated into the H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016{{Cite web |last=Rep. Dent |first=Charles W. [R-PA-15 |date=2015-12-18 |title=H.R.2029 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2029 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.congress.gov}}

Posey voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}

In 2017 Bill Posey wrote H.R. 2721 – Seniors’ Tax Simplification Act{{Cite web |last=Rep. Posey |first=Bill [R-FL-8 |date=2017-05-25 |title=H.R.2721 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on a new Form 1040SR. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2721 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.congress.gov}} (Incorporated into H.R.1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018{{Cite web |last=Rep. Larson |first=John B. [D-CT-1 |date=2018-02-09 |title=H.R.1892 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1892 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.congress.gov}}) Which directed the IRS to create a new tax filing form for senior citizens (65+) who do not have complicated taxes – including Social Security, distributions from retirement plans, annuities, interest and dividends, or capital gains or losses.

Posey sponsored H.R. 6202, the American Tech Workforce Act of 2021, introduced by Representative Jim Banks. The legislation would establish a wage floor for the high-skill H-1B visa program, thereby significantly reducing employer dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6206/cosponsors?r=11&s=7 |title=Cosponsors - H.R.6206 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): American Tech Workforce Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Congress |date= December 9, 2021|access-date=July 3, 2022}}

Posey was among the 71 House Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=The Hill}}

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