CONGRESS
Díaz Balart, Franklin Introduce Legislation to Increase the USPS Transparency and Accountability
Last week, Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) and Scott Franklin (FL-18) introduced the Post Office Closure Accountability Act, a legislative proposal aimed at ...
Senate Measure Denounced a ‘Assault’ on Federal Employees, Unions
Provisions to increase the costs for unions to operate in the workplace—which charging them a fee for payroll withholding of members’ ...
Sessions Announces Hearing to Examine U.S. Postal Service Operations from the Perspective of Key Stakeholders
The hearing will review United States Postal Service (USPS) operations with key stakeholders, focusing on the implementation of the bipartisan ...
Rep. George Whitesides Demands Answers on Planned Quartz Hill Post Office Closure from Postmaster General
Today, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) sounded the alarm on the potential closing of the Quartz Hill Post Office, demanding answers from Postmaster General David ...
Senators demand USPS recommit to keeping local mail processing in Nevada
U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have sent a letter to the acting U.S. Postmaster and ...
Postal and Federal Reconciliation Provisions to Bypass Senate Committee of Jurisdiction and Go Straight to Senate Floor
The Senate intends to vote on the reconciliation bill the last week of June. If the bill passes, it will ...
Senate strips most retirement cuts from reconciliation, but anti-civil service provisions remain
Gone from the bill are House-passed provisions that would require all federal workers to contribute 4.4% of their basic pay toward the ...
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Paul Releases Proposed Postal Employee Cuts
On Thursday night, June 12, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) released the text of his ...
House Democrats question Trump’s use of Postal Service inspectors
House Democrats are seeking more information and a face-to-face briefing from the U.S. Postal Service about the Trump administration’s use of ...
Subcommittee Ranking Member Mfume Calls on GAO to Investigate the Progress Made on USPS-USPIS Joint Project Safe Delivery Initiative
Today, Rep. Kweisi Mfume led Subcommittee Democrats in sending a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro requesting an ...
Fed Benefit Changes Made as Updated Reconciliation Bill Clears House, Trump Calls on Quick Senate Action
Changes are made to federal benefit cuts as the House last week narrowly passed, on a vote of 215-214-1, the ...
Postal unions react to passing of bill that cuts federal retirement benefits
Early this morning, the reconciliation bill passed the House by a vote of 215-214, after the Rules Committee spent over ...
House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits
Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of ...
House Drops Plan to Increase Required Retirement Contributions, Pushes Back Provisions to Devalue Benefits
House Republican leaders have dropped a plan to require about half of federal employees to begin paying more toward their ...
