WASHINGTON — In a rare display of bipartisan unity, Congress passed the Honoring the Memory of Former Postmaster General Frederick T. Norcroft Post Office Designation Act of 2026 Tuesday by a vote of 418-3, marking what House Speaker Deborah Firmjaw called “a historic day for American democracy and really good optics before the recess.”

The bill, which designates a post office in Beaverton, Ohio as the “Frederick T. Norcroft Federal Building,” was signed into law within three hours of passage, making it the 47th piece of legislation enacted this session and the 44th to involve naming or renaming a building, road, or body of water.

“Today, we showed America that Washington can still get things done,” Speaker Firmjaw said at a celebratory press conference that somehow lasted two hours. “Frederick T. Norcroft served this nation with honor, and now a post office most people will never visit bears his name. That’s the promise of America.”

Representatives took turns congratulating each other for passing the bill, congratulating the process by which the bill was passed, and congratulating Americans for being the kind of people whose Congress could pass such a bill.

"People say nothing gets done in Washington. But today we named a post office. You're welcome, Frederick. You're welcome, Beaverton. You're welcome, America."

The three dissenting votes came from Rep. Carl Blankenship (R-NE), who objected that Norcroft was “a Democrat,” Rep. Marcy Pelton (D-WA), who argued the post office should be named after someone who “achieved something more significant than having a congressman as a nephew,” and Rep. Jim Taggart (I-FL), who reportedly did not know what he was voting on.

Meanwhile, seventeen bills addressing infrastructure, healthcare, immigration, tax policy, climate change, and the federal budget remain stalled in committee, where sources say they are “being given very serious consideration” in the sense that they exist as documents inside a building.

Congressional Productivity Tracker (Current Session)

**Post offices / buildings renamed:** 44 **Roads and bridges renamed:** 12 **Commemorative coins authorized:** 3 **National awareness months declared:** 9 **Budget passed on time:** 0 **Hearings held to express concern:** 67 **Problems resolved via hearing:** 0 **Recesses scheduled:** 14

Asked about the major legislation still awaiting action, Speaker Firmjaw said Congress remains “deeply committed” to addressing those issues “when the time is right,” adding that the time is not currently right, and that she couldn’t say when it would be, but that she was “hopeful.”

Frederick T. Norcroft, 94, watched the signing ceremony from a hospital room in Columbus. He reportedly had not been informed that a post office was being named after him and expressed confusion about the whole thing, which his nephew described as “how he’d want it.”

The post office opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is closed on federal holidays.