The Democratic bill, which passed on Saturday despite opposition from Republicans, would provide $25bn in aid for the USPS and prioritize election mail as “first class”, to ensure ballots arrive in time to be counted in an election in which the coronavirus pandemic will cast a shadow over in-person voting.
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, said the bill was necessary to “reject the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine the critical mission of the postal service”.
On the floor of the House, James Comer of Kentucky, the ranking Republican on the oversight committee, said the Democrats’ bill was the “result of a legislative process only slightly less absurd than the conspiracies, insinuations, and fabrications that gave rise to the purported need for it”.
The bill is unlikely to progress further, with the Republican-held Senate unwilling to pass it. After Saturday’s vote Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement that the Senate would “absolutely not pass” the stand-alone bill.
On Friday, DeJoy conceded that mail delivery had slowed down but refused to reinstate hundreds of mail sorting machines that have been removed, ostensibly because of a decline in deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic.
He has, however, reversed a plan to remove hundreds more of the machines ahead of the election.
Retired and Glad is a greedy person that cares only about his own and nothing about the country.
Das Fuhrer wants to destroy the postal service and limit the ability of people to vote against him. He has stated at a press conference that is his intention. The Ratpublicand want government to operate as a business. Then no more farm price subsidizes, free crop insurance, all wars will be paid for by the invaded countries, each government agencies will prefund their health insurance. Mexico will pay for the wall. when more changes come in the operation of the Postal service, the employees will enjoy the cuts to employment, pay and benefits. Remember it’s what you asked for. However the Postal employees that voted for MR. Fatness won’t mind at all to their cuts, even if they are laid off. They will enjoy the warm feeling of getting screwed, because they want it!