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46 percent of new laws in 2007 are post office namings!

Posted by Kristina Rasmussen - May 25, 2007

In my personal crusade to stop Congress from naming post offices, I’d like to point out that 12 of the 26 bills signed in to law so far this year have been to name post offices or other federal buildings and holdings:

• H.R. 49 - To name the “Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building”
• H.R. 335 - To name the “Gale W. McGee Post Office”
• H.R. 342 - To name the “Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse”
• H.R. 433 - To name the “Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building”
• H.R. 514 - To name the “Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office”
• H.R. 521 - To name the “Lane Evans Post Office Building”
• H.R. 544 - To name the “Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse”
• H.R. 577 - To name the “Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building”
• H.R. 584 - To name the “Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building”
• H.R. 753 – To name the “Clifford Davis & Odell Horton Federal Building”
• S.159 – To name the “Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area”
• S. 521 – To name the “Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building & United States Courthouse & Customhouse”

This means 46 percent of new laws this year have been namings, up from 18 percent in the 108th Congress .

Is this was you what Congress to focus on?

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Janus said on May 29 2007 at 2:15pm
Well, the Republicans left behind such huge messes -- deficits, ethics, etc. -- that it will probably take the new majority some time to get things cleaned up and back on track. These bills are probably just "filler" until the Democrats can bring out the important stuff and get the government back to work for the American people.


said on May 29 2007 at 2:55pm
Better post office naming than program and regulation creation.