NAPUS: Postal Subcommittee to Vote on HR 2309

PR: Issa/Ross Postal Reform Bill Will Include  Amendment  To Boot Out Retirement-Eligible Postal Workers From the National Association of Postmasters of the US: Postal Subcommittee to Vote on HR 2309 On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, the Postal Service and Labor Policy will take up Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) postal legislation, HR […]

House Members Urge PRC To Reject Post Office Closures

75 House Members Call for New USPS Business Model, Not Post Office Closures in Bi-Partisan Letter to PRC Chairwoman Ruth Goldway Congressmen Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Don Young (R-AK), joined by 73 other bipartisan members of Congress, have written Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairwoman Ruth Goldway to urge the PRC to reject thousands of Post Office […]

Issa on President’s Proposed Bailout for Postal Service: “Not what taxpayers or the Postal Service needs”

WASHINGTON– In response to a proposal outlined by President Obama on the United States Postal Service, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which oversees the Postal Service, issued the following statement: “The President’s proposal is not what taxpayers or the Postal Service needs.  The President’s plan to achieve […]

Congress Will Consider Steps to Restore Profitability While Maintaining Universal Mail Service

Congressman William Lacy Clay (D-MO) issued the following press release:   Clay Cosponsors Bill to Give Postal Service 90-day Extension of Pre-Payment of Retired Employee Healthcare Benefits September 16, 2011 Washington, DC – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, joined Ranking Oversight Committee Member Elijah E. Cummings (D) Maryland, and ten of his House Democratic […]

NAPS To Congress: USPS Network Plans and Elimination of Next-Day Delivery Will Contribute to its Demise

From the National Association of Postal Supervisors “NAPS sent to the full House and Senate Committees expressing our position on the Postal Service’s plans to consolidate and close processing facilities along with our recommendations for a legislative solution.”

House Democrats Introduce Bill to Provide USPS 90-day extension to Pay Health Fund

Press Release Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, joined by Representatives Norm Dicks, Ranking Member on the Appropriations Committee, Stephen F. Lynch, José Serrano, Gerald Connolly, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Danny K. Davis introduced legislation today to provide the U.S. Postal Service a 90-day extension on its pre-payment to the retired employee health […]

Senator Jon Tester asks Montanans for input as Congress examines challenges of USPS

Tester plans to share feedback as Congress considers future of mail service. Tester also recently launched tester.senate.gov/postal, a new website for Montanans to comment about proposed post office closures. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 (U.S. SENATE) – U.S. Senator Jon Tester released the following statement as the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today […]