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House resolution · 108th Congress · Latest step: Passed House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should rectify deficiencies in the military postal system to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas are able to receive and send mail in a timely manner as well as receive and send election ballots in time to be counted in the 2004 elections.

H.Res. 608Introduced Apr 28, 2004Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. J. Forbes R-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: May 12, 2004 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

43 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 43 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Max Burns (R-GA), Richard Burr (R-NC), John Carter (R-TX), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), James DeMint (R-SC), John Doolittle (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Bob Ney (R-OH), Charles Norwood (R-GA) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-4 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.