politics

Apr 18th

Senator Blunt Introduces Bipartisan Amendment To Protect Postal Service For Missourians & All Americans

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), along with U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the “21st Century Postal Service Act” today that would provide rural communities facing post office or postal processing facility closures with an advocate in the process.  Senator Blunt released the following statement regarding his amendment […]

Apr 18th

NAPUS: Senate Postal Consideration Continues — 74 Amendments Filed

From NAPUS April 18, 2012 Today, the Senate continued to debate S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief bill. There was considerable discussion underscoring the importance of post offices to communities they serve. However, the Senate could not take up the so-called managers’ amendment to the bill, because Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) raised an objection. He […]

Apr 18th

Hundreds of Postal Workers and Allies Rally In Portland, OR

Deliver Message of Tax-Free Solutions to Postal Crisis Portland, OR – Over two hundred Portland-area letter carriers, other postal workers, family members and allies held a picket and rally Tuesday (tax day), calling attention to tax-free solutions to fix postal service. As last minute tax filers drove up to the blue postal collection boxes, picket […]

Apr 18th

Section-by-section summary of the revised S. 1789 postal bill

The Senate is expected to resume consideration of a revised version of S. 1789 [PDF], the 21st Century Postal Service Act, with proceedings broadcast and Webcast live on C-SPAN. Consideration of the bill began on April 17. “We are analyzing the new provisions carefully and will comment once we have completed our review,” said APWU […]

Apr 17th

Senator Rockefeller: USPS needs to get its financial house in order

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Jay Rockefeller today issued the following statement on a procedural vote on the Senate postal reform bill. “The Postal Service needs to get its financial house in order, and I’m glad that the Senate agreed to start the debate on this issue.  I believe that we ought to have a thorough […]

Apr 17th

Kentucky Senator Throws Uncertainty Over Fate of Postal Reform Bill

NAPS: S. 1789 Update: Doubt cast on future of the bill Within minutes of the start of Senate consideration of postal legislation, the horrors of the Senate’s dysfunctional rules swallowed up debate on the postal measure this afternoon. After nearly three-quarters of the Senate voted this morning to move ahead to consider postal legislation, one […]

Apr 17th

Sanders’ Provisions Added to Senate Postal bill S.1789

Senate Takes Up Postal Service Reforms: Sanders’ Provisions to be Added to Bill WASHINGTON, April 17 – The Senate today voted 74-22 to take up legislation to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a group of more than two dozen senators who pressed to make the bill stronger. “Today’s vote clears […]

Apr 17th

NALC releases white paper on USPS business model, postal reform

White paper drafted by international financial advisory firm Lazard  WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2012 — Successful revitalization of the U.S. Postal Service requires a strategic business plan that leverages the unmatched reach of its network, legislative action to relieve it of obligations no other business bears and shared sacrifice from all stakeholders, says the renowned […]

Apr 17th

Senate Passes Cloture Vote on Postal Bill S.1789

From NAPUS: Slightly before noontime, the Senate voted to bring up S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief.  The vote was  74-22,  14 votes more than necessary to invoke “cloture”. The Senate is conducting general debate on postal reform and will proceed to consider amendments, the first being the “managers’ substitute” that will be filed by […]

Apr 17th

Postal Reform Bill to proceed to Senate Floor for Debate, Consideration, and a Eventually a Vote

From the National League Of Postmasters: Postal Legislation: S. 1789 to proceed to Senate Floor for Debate, Consideration, and a Eventually a Vote Both parties in the Senate have reached an agreement to reconsider the cloture vote tomorrow, April 17, on the motion to proceed to S.1789 that failed a little less than a month […]