NAPS Leg/Reg Update – March 26, 2012 False Start for Postal Reform in the Senate It looked like a cinch that postal reform would be coming to the Senate floor this week. Now it doesn’t. That’s because Senate lawmakers on both sides decided Monday that they’d rather score points telling their constitutents back home over […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers: NALC: Breaking: Senate will take up S. 1789 after Easter recess: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced Monday evening that the Senate would not be taking up consideration of S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Reform Act, until sometime in mid-April after Congress’ Easter recess. Lieberman is chairman of […]
NAPS Leg/Reg Update – March 24, 2012 It’s Show Time in the Senate for Postal Reform Postal reform is coming to the Senate floor this week, beginning Monday. The Senate is trying to complete action on a comprehensive postal bill before May 15, when a moratorium on closing postal facilities is set to expire. Although […]
From the National Association of Letter Carriers: Flawed Senate bill on the move: An amended version of S. 1789 – which the NALC has not yet seen – appears headed to the floor of the Senate next week. Based on what little we know right now, the expectation is that the amendments still do not […]
U.S. Senator Susan Collins today, from the Senate floor, outlined the importance of the bipartisan postal reform bill she has cosponsored with Senators Joe Lieberman (I/D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Scott Brown (R-MA). The text of Senator Collins’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, is below: The Majority Leader has indicated that the Senate may soon […]
Lawmaker calls on U.S. Postal Service to delay closures, consolidations until Congress can act on comprehensive postal legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, this week sent a letter to Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman declaring his opposition to the consolidation of the Northwest Boston Area Mail […]
Budget proposal includes many of Sen. Carper’s recommendations for comprehensive reform WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement reacting to President Obama’s proposal, included in the FY 2013 budget, to address the U.S. Postal Service’s ongoing financial crisis: “I have been […]
From the eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin: Earlier this week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 3813, legislation that would slash postal and federal retirement benefits by $44 billion over the next decade. The provisions included in the Committee-approved bill were hastily inserted in H.R. 7, a highway construction bill, and will […]
Postal reform is a hot topic in Congress as the Senate prepares to vote on the 21st Century Postal Service Act, and APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging union members to contact their senators and let them know: Senate bill 1789 is unacceptable in its current form. “APWU members have done a great job of […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TODAY Urge Amendments to Senate Postal Legislation Take Action! Postal reform legislation is likely to be considered on the Senate floor very soon, possibly as early as February 6. NAPS is concerned that the bill approved by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (S. […]