House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says “a lot of misinformation” is circulating about a GOP proposal to cut Saturday postal delivery as a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund from going broke this summer, and he plans to clarify the plan for rank-and-file House Republicans next week. In a memo to members Friday laying […]
June 5, 2014 – In a “Dear Colleagues” letter dated June 3, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) urged his fellow members of the House of Representatives to oppose a proposal to use Postal Service funds to help replenish the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) by ending Saturday mail delivery. The letter, sent to all 435 members of the House, […]
In a letter to House of Representative Colleagues, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) stressed: The United States Postal Service is Not a Piggy Bank! Oppose Reckless Efforts to Hold the Highway Trust Fund Hostage in Exchange for Eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery. When addressing a proposal to leverage Highway Trust Fund funding against the elimination of […]
Members of the Senate Finance Committee will meet behind closed doors Wednesday to try to find a way to prevent the Highway Trust Fund from going broke at the height of the construction season this summer. The panel’s session comes on the heels of a House Republican proposal to shore up the highway fund for […]
Tester slamming revolving door shut (U.S. SENATE) – Senator Jon Tester is introducing the Close the Revolving Door Act to permanently ban retired lawmakers from lobbying Congress. Tester, a transparency and accountability leader, says the bill will go a long way to restore public trust in government. “Too many Montanans think back room deals in […]
Press Release from Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO Washington DC – Today, TTD President Edward Wytkind dismissed the proposal by House Republican leaders to abolish Saturday mail delivery to close the funding gap in the Highway Trust Fund: “Abolishing Saturday mail delivery to pay for the funding shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund is a […]
Gimmicks Will Not Address the Dire Situation of Our Roads and Bridges Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2014) – Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement today regarding the proposal by some House Republicans to patch the Highway Trust Fund: The idea of robbing […]
House GOP moving forward with proposal to use USPS funds for Highway Trust Fund House Republicans are constructing a proposal to keep thousands of roads and transit projects from grinding to a halt this summer by transferring funds into the nation’s nearly depleted Highway Trust Fund from the already money-losing U.S. Postal Service. But in […]
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Fix My Mail is a grassroots effort to hear stories from North Dakotans who have encountered delayed mail delivery times or are dealing with other problems with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Senator Heitkamp has heard too many concerns from North Dakotans about the problems they face getting their mail on time, and it absolutely […]