Create a Postal Bank at all 30,000 USPS locations to give low-income Americans access to basic banking services and end predatory payday lending practices.

Kirsten E. Gillibrand · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

Gillibrand announced major new legislation to create a Postal Bank at all 30,000 USPS locations, saying it would give low-income Americans access to basic banking services and end predatory payday lending practices.

She pledged legislation to establish a Postal Bank nationwide through USPS locations in order to expand basic banking access and curb payday lending abuse.

Gillibrand Announces Major New Legislation To Create A Postal Bank To Wipe Out Predatory Payday Lending Industry Practices, Ensure All Americans Have Access To Basic Banking Services
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Evidence

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced major new legislation to create a Postal Bank, which would establish a retail bank in all of the U.S. Postal Service’s 30,000 locations. The Postal Bank would effectively end predatory payday lending industry practices overnight by giving low-income Americans, particularly communities of color and rural communities, access to basic banking services.

This is the campaign-era promise itself: Gillibrand publicly pledged to create a postal bank at all USPS locations and framed it as a way to curb payday lending.

never same_term A for effort

Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (Introduced 04/25/2018). Latest Action: 04/25/2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Tracker: Tip This bill has the status Introduced.

Gillibrand did introduce a postal banking bill in Congress, but the official status shows only introduction and referral, not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

S.2755 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Postal Banking Act
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Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (Introduced 03/22/2022). Latest Action: 03/22/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Tracker: Tip This bill has the status Introduced.

Gillibrand reintroduced the Postal Banking Act, but the official record again shows only introduction and committee referral.

partial later_term A for effort

S.3891 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Postal Banking Act
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Gillibrand has long pushed for her legislation, the Postal Banking Act, which would create a postal bank to provide low-cost basic financial services to people who simply do not have access, or have limited access, to America’s banking system. ... "This is a great first step toward creating a postal bank," said Senator Gillibrand.

Gillibrand described USPS pilot programs as only a first step toward the postal bank she wanted, indicating the promise had not yet been fully delivered.

partial later_term A for effort

Gillibrand Statement On Postal Banking Pilot Program
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Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (Introduced 12/19/2024). Latest Action: 12/19/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Tracker: Tip This bill has the status Introduced.

The latest official congressional record still shows only introduction and referral, with no enacted postal banking law by the end of the 2024 Congress.

never later_term A for effort

S.5627 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Postal Banking Act
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Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand. Latest action: read twice and referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Status: Introduced.

The latest official congressional record shows the Postal Banking Act was introduced but never advanced to passage or enactment.

never later_term A for effort

S.5627 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Postal Banking Act
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Gillibrand called the USPS pilot program "a great first step" and said it was less expansive than her Postal Banking Act.

Gillibrand herself framed the USPS pilot as only an incremental step, not completion of the promised nationwide postal bank.

partial later_term A for effort

Gillibrand Statement On Postal Banking Pilot Program
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Gillibrand clearly pursued the promise by introducing the Postal Banking Act in 2018 and reintroducing it in later Congresses, which qualifies as a serious legislative effort. But the core promised outcome—a postal bank at all roughly 30,000 USPS locations providing basic banking services—was not enacted or implemented. The congressional record shows her bills were introduced and referred to committee without passage, and even the USPS pilot program she praised was described by her as only a first step rather than fulfillment of the nationwide promise.

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never later_term A for effort

Gillibrand made a serious federal legislative effort by introducing and reintroducing the Postal Banking Act, including during the 2018 campaign context and later Congresses. However, the promised outcome was to create a postal bank at all 30,000 USPS locations and end predatory payday lending practices. The evidence shows her bills remained introduced/referred and were not enacted, while the USPS pilot was described by Gillibrand herself as only a first step rather than fulfillment. Because the promised nationwide postal bank has not been delivered, but she materially attempted to advance it, the correct outcome is never with an effort badge.

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