Jan. 29, 2014—On Jan. 29, the Senate committee with Postal Service oversight, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, spent nearly three hours in a mark-up meeting to debate a handful of proposed amendments to S. 1486. One of the first amendments considered after the meeting came to order at 10 a.m., from Sen. John […]
EMERGENCY ALERT – CALL YOUR SENATOR NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, FEB. 4th, 2014! Today the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs met to mark-up the flawed postal reform bill S.1486. The markup has been suspended which allows us time to act. This bill, which would threaten more than 100,000 good postal jobs, is strongly […]
Joseph A. Beaudoin, NARFE President sends letter opposing Senate postal reform bill in advance of committee consideration. January 28, 2014 U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: On behalf of the five million active […]
Senate lawmakers are preparing to mark-up postal reform legislation at a meeting of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs this Wednesday, January 29, at 10 am ET. (You will be able watch the mark-up live here.) The Committee will work from a new version of S. 1486, the Postal Reform Act, originally […]
The four postal unions sent a joint letter [PDF] to members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 27 expressing “strong opposition” to an amended version of Senate bill 1486, and urging senators to oppose the bill when it is considered by the committee on Jan. 29. The substitute bill was issued […]
S.1486 Postal Reform Act of 2014 Amended “Carper/Coburn Bill” Late last Friday evening and just before the holiday weekend a summary of the amended version of the Carper-Coburn Bill was released. There are several items in this discussion draft that greatly impacts our current, future and retired members. While things are moving very fast the […]
In an effort to stem its massive losses, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has been pushing a bold move – cutting Saturday deliver permanently. “The key thing is this. The Postal Service needs to make serious change,” says Donahoe. “We need to address a number of issues, six to five days of letter mail to save […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled its markup of the ‘Postal Reform Act of 2013′ (S. 1486), to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service on January 29, 2014 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). […]
Three weeks after hitting them with an injurious 6% rate hike, postal decision makers in Washington continue to enrage direct mailers. On January 17 it was Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) , whose re-draft of their Postal Reform Act would make the exigent increase permanent and add an annual 1% to the […]
Jan. 8, 2014—Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the House of Representatives (HOGR), has introduced new legislation to eliminate Saturday letter mail delivery right away and Saturday package delivery within five years. The new bill, H.R. 3801, offers these cuts as a means to pay for the repeal […]