Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.
Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Declares that the United States Postal Service (USPS) should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.
Cosponsors 256
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2007 to Jul 30, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Apr 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Apr 26, 2007 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Melissa L. Bean | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | May 7, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | May 7, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 24, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jun 11, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 12, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jun 20, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 20, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Tim Mahoney | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 24, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Sep 17, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Sep 19, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Oct 1, 2007 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Oct 4, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Oct 9, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | May 8, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | May 22, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | May 22, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Jul 30, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 28, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-138 | THE ECONOMICS OF UNIVERSAL MAIL POST PAEA149 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 8, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-198 | INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW: WHAT IS THE POSTAL SERVICE CONTRACTING OUT?89 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Jul 19, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 283 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services. | Identical bill | Aug 22, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
