Congressman Darrell Issa and Congressman Dennis Ross has said H.R. 2309 is the only bill that will save the Postal Service. But it looks like no else is buying that story: From National Journal via PostCom.org
National Journal: Republican leaders appear unable to muster votes for their preferred version-from House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif.-but they are so far also unwilling to take up an alternative that the Senate passed last month with support from both parties. Without enactment of an overhaul bill, the self-supporting agency, which announced a $3.2 billion loss last quarter, has said it will default this fall on payments it owes. Working from that timeline, House Republicans are assuming that their real deadline to take action will come in August or later. House GOP leaders say they want to move Issa’s bill. “The postal service needs more meaningful reform than the Senate bill provides,” Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said. “They don’t even have enough Republican support,” said, Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that oversees the postal service. Lynch, a supporter of postal unions that oppose the collective-bargaining changes in Issa’s bill, said Republicans will eventually have to bring up the Senate-passed bill and try to amend it. Not yet ready to concede that necessity, House Republicans appear stalled. They have placed no postal legislation on the House floor this week, and the chamber will be in recess starting this weekend and will not vote again until May 30. That means there will be no House action on a bill until June at the earliest.
National Journal via Postcom.org
C’mon really what are they waiting for. Seems like I am living the movie “Ground Hog”! You know the part, right? Wake every morning to the same tune! Make a decision already!
vote bad people out of office, period GOD bless our troops and vets.
Congress has an approval rating under 18%, is anyone really suprised at the level of arrogance this once great institution has stooped to? We the people need to get rid of these demagogues. We need term limits….please folks democrats and republicans alike. LETS’S VOTE THESE F**KERS OUT!
Thank God we still have some democrats and republicans who will not go along with ISSA plan to destroythe Postal service and hundreds of americas jobs with it! The Senate already voted the 2309 bill down, why does ISSA insist n keeping the fight up! Why don’t he go ahead on bring the S.1789 bill to the floor fora vote? ISSA goal is to privitize the Postal service, he wants to pay low wages and no benefits to go withit! He does not care about americans citizens welfare at all! Yet republicans like himself is trying to cut out every domestic program there is, so tell me how are americans in these situations are going to make t! Keep standing your ground congress and vote the S.1789 bill up with a few amended motions with it!
LIBERALS RUN THE POST OFFICE?
LIBERALS RUN THE GOVERNMENT?
LIBERALS RUN THE UNIONS?
All them liberals gotta eat?
I’ll open a burger joint on the corner, called Builders Burgers.
You can order my 2 Billion JP Morgan burger with the special secret society sauce?
See if they bite?
PMG talking since jan 2011. All. Craft employee hanging in the air. Nothing really done yet. Waiting……….
Poor issa n ross, the truth is out, your bill 2309 has no support cuz you have no real humble power just low life ego power. I agree the majority should rule in the house. Maybe someone should propose HR 69 ” REMOVE COMMITTE POWER AND REPLACE WITH MAJORITY POWER SO THE PEOPLE ARE NOT HELD HOSTAGE BY LITTLE BOYS WITH INSANE EGO’S”. As far as issa’s district goes I wonder if issa is buying the illegal alien voters. I read a quote in a big magazine, said every goverment is corupt, just some are better at hiding it than others, well issa n ross, you can’t hide anymore, cuz your no good at it.
Tony is right. Reagan, and both Bushes took money from us…what will they do when Issa and the Republicans destroy the Post Office and kill the cash cow they have sucked dry!
Issa will take this right to the end, just to get the focus on him. He’s the guy that says we are looking for a bailout….It’s not a bailout (the 11 billion dollar over payment) when we are using our own money!!!
Do nothing republican congress….The party of No! Just talking loud and telling lies.
teabaggers be nuts!
LIBERALS RUN THE POST OFFICE
LIBERALS RUN THE GOVERNMENT
LIBERALS RUN THE UNIONS
Ain’t no dumb like Fake News dumb.
House Republicans appear stalled…But it looks like no else is buying that story…
Republican leaders appear unable to muster votes for their preferred version…
Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif.-but they are so far also unwilling to take up an alternative that the Senate passed last month with support from both parties…
Republicans will eventually have to bring up the Senate-passed bill and try to amend it…
They don’t even have enough Republican support.
Typical Conservative Hombre Lugnut.
Right….“They don’t even have enough Republican support,” Loser.
VOICES- Typical liberal when the issue can not be discussed or debated commence with the name calling.
Brothers and Sisters! I’ve said this for the past 6 months! We have the power, vote the Do Nothing Bastards out of office come November! We are over 600,000 strong! Lets send a mesage!
Conservative Hombre its all in YOUR HEAD!
Congressman Issa and Ross hang in there and do not cave. Your bill is the only one that can begin to solve the po’s problems. Pay no attention to congressmen and women that possess no intestinal fortitude to do the RIGHT thing . This folks are the ones that do not care about the postal workers. They know the senate bill is a waste, but they are just like the union all they care about is themselves.
Congress is a demoncratic society!!!! they are all evil!!!!
People will know who did in their local Post Office when the elections are held! Maybe then we’ll have a few less Republican Dipsh*ts in CONGRESS. Damn obstructinists!
Having Trouble Getting It Up In The House?
It must be realized that postal workers are political pawns in the chess game of work. The problems if honestly addressed could be resolved in one day. Here’s how”:
1. Adjust the prefunding of retiree’s future benefits to zero. The Postal I.G. has declared the fund fully funded.
2. Offer a reasonable incentive to leave. Goal reduction 50,000 craft employees before the end of the fisical year. This could be funded with the 11B FERS overpayment.
3. After personel reduction revisit limited consolidation of facilities. By opening 50K job slots, we now have someplace to slot people with less disruption and pain.
This is not brain surgery. Come on Republican Issa. Be reasonable. Rermember “if you do to the least…..” sayin’!
Issa is a car thief and arsonist.
Google it.
VERA’s are coming down !,Bad news is that when GOP does get around to it, may be a better incentive, this incentive may be called Diddly Squat incentive, part of it is that EAS will hold the door so it does not whack you in the back!
I agree completely Well Said Tony!!!!!!!
Since Issa can’t get support for his bill with it’s 1 co-sponsor, maybe the rest of the House should put pressure on him to release HR1351 with it’s 225 co-sponsors out of committee. The committee heads should not have totalitarian control over their committees. Congress is a democratic body (majority rules), the committees should be the same. Congressman Issa is holding the USPS hostage by refusing to bring out the postal reform bill with the most support so that he can advance his own agenda.
issa,ross,pmg,they will figure something out.
Bubba, PMG is suppose to say something this Thursday.
Classic Milton Friedman economics! Let the poor and middle class suffer. Shock and awe economics. They tried it in Chile and Argeninia. Margaret Thatcher,Nixon, and Regan all supported this ideology and now we are living in their test tube with no awareness of hIstory or it’s being repeated. The worst is yet to come as inflation is not accurately reported and our dollar is becoming worthless. Authority is preparing to contain our dissent when it comes and we will be severely controlled with consequences for rebellion towards the controllers.
Classic Milton Friedman economics! Let the poor and middle class suffer. Shock and awe economics. They tried it in Chile and Argeninia. Margaret Thatcher,Nixon, and Regan all supported this ideology and now we are living in their test tube with no awareness of hIstory or it’s being repeated. The worst is yet to come as inflation is is not accurately reported and our dollar is becoming worthless. Authority is pre
Well said Tony, yes Issa is up for re-election in November. Sadly his District (49th California) is highly GOP dominated so in all probability he will be re-elected. Let us only hope that somehow democrats retake control of the House. Please vote democratic.
thats right congress dose nothing to help the USPS and go in vac. with nothing done
to help the USPS if it was wall street they work have help them out.
The goal is simple …they will let the Post Office go broke and default . Then they will abolish all contracts and get rid of collective barganing. Then they will cut the workforce because of no Unions and the end to the no-layoff clause . Then they will sart the process of giving away pieces of the business . They have no intensions of buying you out….but , you will be out.
Is ISSA up for re- election in Nov ????? Maybe he should concentrate on securing the San Diego border, since that’s part of his district… That alone costs American taxpayers BILLIONS from all the ill – legal alien activity.. It’s clear that ISSA’s agenda is to destroy good american middle class jobs ( union jobs ).. We keep bailing the Federal Government out and they return the favor by trying to privatize us… When the cash cow is gone.. Who’s gonna really support the Federal government??? I guess the 1% that he protects is gonna have to pay their fair share!!! GOD knows China is tired o loaning us money.. Please Vote for OBAMA in Nov!!!!!!!!!!!
I predicted this. It’s really pathetic how one guy (Issa) can hold the Congress and the Post Office hostage. I doubt that anything will come out of the house until after the first of the year.
Mr. Issa and Ross should go with the flow! If Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement on S-1789, then let it be. Why should the House hold it back any further. Issa and Ross should trash HR 2309 and start doing something to get S-1789 approved. I think that Patrick Donahoe (PMG) has waited enough and the dead line was until today (May 15, 2012). I don’t think he is going to wait for any decisions from the house and will take action to save the Postal Service as best as he can on his own. Lets see what he is about to say to the Postal Service on Thursday, May 17, 2012. I see his temper is getting short!
The poor babys got no support, let them suck on this.
How about our early out with incentives?
His own people don’t like his bill. What a loser. And as usual, nothing gets done. Nice job if ya can get it.