Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.
Latest action · Jan 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should ensure that the U.S. Postal Service is not privatized and remains an independent establishment of the federal government.
Cosponsors 238
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Original | Jan 28, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | May 21, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Adam Gray | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | May 13, 2026 | |
| R-KS | Derek Schmidt | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Everton Blair Jr. | Nov 2, 2026 |
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 Jan 28, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2025Submitted in House
- Jan 28, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 147 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization. | Related bill | Mar 27, 2025 |
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 Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization.
Subjects
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Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2025Introduced in House
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