Post office in Fairfax named after Congressman Connolly
H.R. 6332 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building". · Filed by James Walkinshaw (D-VA) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 1, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill names a U.S. Postal Service building in Fairfax, Virginia. It will be called the Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building. The bill does not change how the post office works or cost any money.
Who it affects
People in Fairfax will see the new name on the building. The change does not affect how mail is delivered.
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats.
- Dec 1, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 1, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 2”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4386)”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Sessions moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $28,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 16 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
James Walkinshaw, who sponsored the bill, received $938,318 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Association of Postal Supervisors — $28,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- U.S. Postal Service — The government agency that delivers mail to homes and businesses.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,326 characters) on Jul 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,358 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 2, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-19.
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