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 […]
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and co-author of the Postal Reform Act of 2013 released his annual oversight report “Wastebook 2013” highlighting 100 examples of wasteful and low-priority spending totaling nearly $30 billion. Coburn listed the Postal Service’s contract with self-styled futurist “Faith […]
From NAPUS: Yesterday, at about 3:45 PM EST, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Tom Carper (D-DE) pulled the plug on consideration of S. 1486 for the year. Up until that time, the Carper-Coburn postal reform bill was scheduled on the committee calendar for a Wednesday morning “markup”. Nevertheless, committee consideration of the […]
On Wednesday, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper announced that he would take another crack at bringing S. 1486, the Carper-Coburn postal reform bill, to a committee vote. The scheduled date for the committee markup is Wednesday, December 18 — only one or two days prior to the year-end congressional recess. […]
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing on ‘Postal Reform Act of 2013′ (S. 1486), to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service on December 18, 2013 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The Senate […]
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 November 20, 2013 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The Senate […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) reintroduced the Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act to address long-term liabilities facing the federal government. The legislation would end the defined benefit pension portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) for new federal government hires starting six months […]
A range of Senate Democrats – many from red states – have serious concerns about the U.S. Chamber’s bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service, adding a new impediment to Congress’s efforts to get legislation done. But in the latest setback for postal reform, Democrats like Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) say […]
Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn Statements on USPS Default on Payment for Future Retirees WASHINGTON – Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released the following statements regarding the Postal Service’s default on its payment to the U.S. Treasury to fund its future retiree health […]