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H.R. 1065119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) · 231 active : 43 Republicans, 187 Democrats, 1 Independent
Latest action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction…
Where it standsBefore the House14 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govProtect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
This bill requires or authorizes certain actions related to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
The bill requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (for example, assault on a postal service employee, breaking into a post office, or obstruction of mails).
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The bill also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer.
Additionally, the bill authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Due process and equal protection
- Evidence and witnesses
- Government trust funds
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Property rights
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Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 68Middle 30–70
- 23Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
231 activeShow all 231 cosponsors
- Greg Landsman (D-OH-1)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2)
- Angie Craig (D-MN-2)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN-4)
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26)
- Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)
- Young Kim (R-CA-40)
- Ami Bera (D-CA-6)
- April McClain Delaney
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
