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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...