H.Res. 70: 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.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-28 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Official title

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.

Plain 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · 238 cosponsors

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Nick LaLota (R-NY), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Dina Titus (D-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Bill Foster (D-IL), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and 178 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Words on this page, explained (3)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hres70.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hres>

Record fed-us-cong119-hres70 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-04 by psicol fed-bills