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. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.Res. 70119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics

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.

Sponsored by Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) · 237 active : 27 Republicans, 210 Democrats

Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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6 representatives score as swing votes

Summary

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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.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Senate · 0 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

6Swing 70–100
125Middle 30–70
300Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 24.5 (needs 5.0).

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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5
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PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.Res. 719 · Sep 19, 2025 · Roll call 281On Agreeing to the ResolutionHonoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3095 · Jul 21, 2025 · Roll call 212On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedTo direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 884 · Jun 10, 2025 · Roll call 162On PassageTo prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 22 · Apr 10, 2025 · Roll call 101

Cosponsors

237 active

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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.