SRES 99
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
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…
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Mar 7, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should ensure that the U.S. Postal Service is not privatized, in whole or in part, and remains an independent establishment of the federal government.
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Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Cosponsors
38
D
Booker, Cory A.
R
Boozman, John
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Bennet, Michael F.
D
Cantwell, Maria
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Warner, Mark R.
R
Daines, Steve
D
Schatz, Brian
D
Wyden, Ron
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Murray, Patty
D
Schumer, Charles E.
D
Baldwin, Tammy
R
Collins, Susan M.
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
D
Kaine, Tim
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
R
Moran, Jerry
R
Murkowski, Lisa
D
Reed, Jack
D
Rosen, Jacky
I
Sanders, Bernard
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
R
Sullivan, Dan
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 99: 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-99/
"S. Res. 99: 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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-99/.
S. Res. 99, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-99/.
[S. Res. 99: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-SRES-99/)