Official Bill Info

• Latest Action: Apr 08, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know the most recent action for this bill is as follows: "Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy ." on Apr 08, 2011
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.
• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  This bill has been assigned to the House Oversight and Government Reform - Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy committee.

Bill Statistics on OpenCongress

Contribution Data

Supporting Organizations

• Alliance for Retired Americans

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization Alliance for Retired Americans supports H.R.1351
• Publishers Clearing House

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization Publishers Clearing House supports H.R.1351
• National Postal Mail Handlers Union

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization National Postal Mail Handlers Union supports H.R.1351
• American Postal Workers Union

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization American Postal Workers Union supports H.R.1351
• National Association of Letter Carriers

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization National Association of Letter Carriers supports H.R.1351
• National Rural Letter Carriers Association

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  I know that the organization National Rural Letter Carriers Association supports H.R.1351

Most-commented sections of the bill text

Highest Rated User Comments

Highly Rated Blog Articles

• Voice of the people – July 18, 2012 | Letters to the Editor | Rock Hill ... - July 18, 2012 by http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/ - Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., has a solution with his bill, H.R. 1351. This bill would allow the Postal ... Ask your representative to oppose H.R. 2309 and sign and co-sponsor H.R. 137 and H.R. 1351. It's time to start worrying about ...

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/ on July 18, 2012, "Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., has a solution with his bill, H.R. 1351. This bill would allow the Postal ... Ask your representative to oppose H.R. 2309 and sign and co-sponsor H.R. 137 and H.R. 1351. It's time to start worrying about ..." (/url?q=http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/07/18/4119761/voice-of-the-people-july-18-2012.html&sa=U&ei=0CsXUJnnL5G08ATUxIDwBA&ved=0CDoQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNEv_h01uuQMj1L1LzFiGbKcUrv3ww)
• The One Thing Your Congressional Rep Can Do To Save The Postal - July 18, 2012 by Bill Brickley - The most obvious path is to bring HR 1351 USPS Pension Obligation and Recalculation Act to up for a vote. It has a whopping 230 co sponsors, which is enough votes to pass the House quickly. It fixes the massive over ...

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by Bill Brickley on July 18, 2012, "The most obvious path is to bring HR 1351 USPS Pension Obligation and Recalculation Act to up for a vote. It has a whopping 230 co sponsors, which is enough votes to pass the House quickly. It fixes the massive over ..." (/url?q=http://nhlabornews.com/2012/07/do-nothing/&sa=U&ei=0CsXUJnnL5G08ATUxIDwBA&ved=0CCcQmAEwAg&usg=AFQjCNGs2-Txh5xasQpGdGdsQG5Mm-9boQ)
• Voice of the people – July 18, 2012 | Letters to the Editor | Rock Hill ... - July 18, 2012 by http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/ - Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., has a solution with his bill, H.R. 1351. This bill would allow the Postal ... Ask your representative to oppose H.R. 2309 and sign and co-sponsor H.R. 137 and H.R. 1351. It's time to start worrying about ...

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/ on July 18, 2012, "Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., has a solution with his bill, H.R. 1351. This bill would allow the Postal ... Ask your representative to oppose H.R. 2309 and sign and co-sponsor H.R. 137 and H.R. 1351. It's time to start worrying about ..." (/url?q=http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/07/18/4119761/voice-of-the-people-july-18-2012.html&sa=U&ei=tDwTUNyUOpOY8gSzx4GIAg&ved=0CDYQmAEwBQ&usg=AFQjCNG-byNdhMvuSK7Yuq2Zr0PLuBgbKw)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Congress Struggles to Deliver Solution to Postal Problem It Created - July 30, 2012 by AllGov - At present there are two bills before Congress that offer sharply contrasting approaches to fixing the problem. H.R. 1351 (the USPS Pension Obligation and Recalculation Act) would credit USPS for its overpayments and allow the agency to spend more of its .

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by AllGov on July 30, 2012, "At present there are two bills before Congress that offer sharply contrasting approaches to fixing the problem. H.R. 1351 (the USPS Pension Obligation and Recalculation Act) would credit USPS for its overpayments and allow the agency to spend more of its ." (http://www.allgov.com/US_and_the_World/ViewNews/Congress_Struggles_to_Deliver_Solution_to_Postal_Problem_It_Created_120730)
• Kucinich lends moral support to postal hunger strike - June 25, 2012 by Politico.com - “So I am not going to support that in any way, shape or form.” Democrats have instead rallied around H.R. 1351, which they say Issa isn’t allowing to come to a vote before the committee. Ahmad said the legislation failed as an amendment to Issa’s .

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by Politico.com on June 25, 2012, "“So I am not going to support that in any way, shape or form.” Democrats have instead rallied around H.R. 1351, which they say Issa isn’t allowing to come to a vote before the committee. Ahmad said the legislation failed as an amendment to Issa’s ." (http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/06/kucinich-lends-moral-support-to-postal-hunger-strike-127217.html)
• The Myth of the Postal Service's Finances - June 18, 2012 by OpEdNews.com - Congress can take the first step toward saving the Post-Office by passing H.R. 1351 proposed by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., designed to eliminate various accounting games that have for years hijacked postal funds for the U.S. Treasury. Four Iowans are ...

  Clicking this will add the following text:

  As noted by OpEdNews.com on June 18, 2012, "Congress can take the first step toward saving the Post-Office by passing H.R. 1351 proposed by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., designed to eliminate various accounting games that have for years hijacked postal funds for the U.S. Treasury. Four Iowans are ..." (http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Myth-of-the-Postal-Ser-by-Robert-Weiner-120618-775.html)