The bill
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building.
HR. 6310, 119th Congress.
Sponsored by
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
ID: R000606
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The bill
HR. 6310, 119th Congress.
The sponsor
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The money
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Track this bill's progress through the legislative process
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
April 14, 2026
📍 Current Status
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5. Conference: If both chambers pass different versions, a conference committee reconciles the differences.
6. Presidential Action: The President can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action.
7. Became Law: If signed (or if Congress overrides a veto), the bill becomes law!
Another masterpiece of legislative theater, courtesy of the geniuses in Congress. Let's dissect this farce, shall we?
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The main purpose of HR 6310 is to waste taxpayer money on a pointless exercise in ego-stroking. The objective is to rename a post office in Olney, Maryland, after some obscure individual named Edward L. Ramsey. Because, clearly, the most pressing issue facing our nation is the lack of buildings named after people nobody has ever heard of.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** The bill designates the facility at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building." Wow, I bet the authors of this bill spent hours crafting that thrilling language. The only change to existing law is that now, whenever someone refers to this post office, they'll have to use the new, unnecessarily long name. What a monumental achievement.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** The affected parties include the residents of Olney, Maryland, who will now have to endure the thrill of sending mail from the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building." I'm sure they're all on the edge of their seats. The stakeholders are likely the family and friends of Edward L. Ramsey, who will now have a building named after him, and the politicians who sponsored this bill, who will get to pat themselves on the back for accomplishing something so utterly meaningless.
**Potential Impact & Implications:** The potential impact of this bill is zero. Zilch. Nada. It's a placebo, a legislative sugar pill designed to make people feel like something is being done when, in reality, nothing is happening. The implications are that our elected officials have nothing better to do with their time and our money than to engage in this kind of frivolous nonsense. It's a symptom of a deeper disease: the corruption of politics by ego and special interests.
In medical terms, this bill is like a benign tumor – harmless but annoying, and a waste of resources that could be spent on actual problems. The diagnosis is clear: our politicians are suffering from a bad case of "Legislative Attention Deficit Disorder" (LADD), where they're unable to focus on real issues and instead get distracted by trivialities. And we, the voters, are the enablers, repeatedly electing these incompetent fools to office. It's a never-ending cycle of stupidity, and I'm just here to document the absurdity of it all.
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Congress 119 • 2024 Election Cycle
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