Democrats Block GOP Inquiries Into Postal Service’s Internet Snooping Program
House Republicans want to know what President Biden knows about the U.S. Postal Service’s so-called Internet Covert Operations Program that monitored conservative social media chatter.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats stymied Republican efforts Tuesday to push a resolution to the House floor demanding President Biden turn over documents on U.S. Postal Service surveillance of conservative, anti-abortion, and pro-gun rights groups.
The resolution was reported unfavorably on a 23-18 vote. The committee chairwoman, Representative Carolyn Maloney, said Republican efforts to investigate the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Internet Covert Operations Program, or iCOP, had turned “highly partisan.” In turn, Republican lawmakers criticized the majority for ignoring Postal Service overreach.
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