Open Congress : News Articles for S.1789 Workers' Compensation Reform Act of 2012

Carmike’s ballet, opera series playing at Shiloh 14

2012-05-25T01:12:37Z

It was inspired by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin’s 1789 painting, “La réprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère.” The ballet was originally choreographed by the ballet master Jean Dauberval. It is one of the oldest and most important works in the

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NLC Opposes Legislation that Would Undermine Partnership with Federal Government

2012-05-21T16:12:08Z

In a letter to Congress last week, NLC warned that provisions in two different measures that have passed the House and Senate would inhibit collaboration and communication between the federal government and its state and local government partners. Joining

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Op-Ed: USPS put in peril by GOP, future brighter with democratic reforms

2012-05-19T19:06:19Z

A cherished American institution that began in 1775, the United States Postal Service, was crippled by Republican legislation 231 years later, but the future of the USPS may be brighter if the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 is passed. History of .

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REP. ENGEL: EXTEND THE MORATORIUM ON POST OFFICE CLOSINGS

2012-05-16T21:54:30Z

Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17) joined with House colleagues in a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe asking him to delay any closing of local post offices beyond the end of the moratorium on May 15. This will enable Congress to ...

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NNA President: Truth about postal reform

2012-05-16T19:31:21Z

President, National Newspaper Association Publisher, Swift County (MN) Monitor-News Now that U.S. Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives.

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Rep. Engel: Extend the Moratorium on Post Office Closings

2012-05-15T19:54:00Z

The truth about postal reform

2012-05-15T10:57:08Z

Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently catalogued unhappy stakeholders, including ...

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Other Voices: The truth about Postal reform

2012-05-11T10:11:46Z

Now that US Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing US Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently catalogued unhappy stakeholders, including postal unions ...

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Balanced Senate proposal best postal reform option

2012-05-11T01:43:32Z

Now that the U.S. Senate has passed bipartisan S. 1789 to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House. Both postal unions and USPS want more for their side, and some Republicans mistakenly believe .

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Carper calls on Congress to pass Postal Service reform before it’s too late

2012-05-10T20:50:02Z

Another loss for the US Postal Service in the second quarter of FY 2012 – which Senator Tom Carper says comes as a surprise to no one. The $3.2-billion loss comes on the heals of several steep losses – including the last quarter. The ...

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Post offices in Kansas to remain open

2012-05-10T07:14:00Z

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today announced it will not close any of the 134 post offices in Kansas that were being considered for closure or consolidation, nor will it close the more than 3,600 post offices nationwide that were included in ...

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Lincoln, Sheridan post offices not in danger of closing

2012-05-09T19:46:48Z

The Lincoln and Sheridan post offices are “not on the radar” for possible closures. That’s according to Augustine Ruiz, United States Postal Service spokesman for San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento and Fresno. The postal service will “continue with the

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The truth about postal reform

2012-05-09T12:22:59Z

Now that the U.S. Senate has passed S 1789 to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently cited unhappy stakeholders, including postal unions ...

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Here's what Congress must do to truly save the Postal Service

2012-05-09T01:10:07Z

Congress created a financial “crisis” it can resolve. The 21st Century Postal Service Act, (S-1789) will be a disaster if passed as is. The closing of post offices will cut off the meeting places of small communities. A slower mail service ...

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Ky. Voices: Senate bill gives Postal Service best chance to prosper

2012-05-08T01:11:18Z

Now that the U.S. Senate has passed S 1789 to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Both postal unions and the USPS want more for their side, and some ...

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Webb to postmaster general: Keep post offices open until reform is enacted

2012-05-07T21:36:33Z

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va) and other senators have asked Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to extend the moratorium on the closing of post office and mail processing facilities until Congress approves reform legislation. The current moratorium ends ...

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Curator's Corner - The 21st century post office

2012-05-07T09:55:02Z

History took some interesting turns during the last week or so. The Senate passed a bill known as S – 1789 – the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012. As with most bills from Congress – no one is perfectly thrilled with all the aspects ...

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Point of View: The truth about postal reform

2012-05-04T00:54:34Z

Point of View: The truth about postal reform

2012-05-04T00:40:15Z

Corker, McCain, Coburn Urge Postmaster General To Move Forward With Cost-Saving Changes

2012-05-03T18:13:42Z

Noting the unlikelihood that Congress will reach an agreement on postal system reforms anytime soon and that the postal service is on track to lose $21 billion annually by 2016 without changes to its business model, U.S. Senators Bob Corker ...

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Here’s the truth concerning postal reform

2012-05-03T17:59:23Z

Sen. Corker urges Post Office to continue cost-cutting

2012-05-03T17:30:45Z

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRCB) – Senator Bob Corker joined with fellow Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn in a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe urging him to "move forward with cost-saving changes." "As Senators committed to fiscal responsibility .

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Pocan Campaign: Pocan to Congress: keep the mail flowing

2012-05-03T15:29:04Z

MADISON – If Congress doesn’t act before May 15, a moratorium on post office and plant closures for the US Postal Service will expire. The US Postal service is currently targeting 3,700 post offices and 223 distribution centers for closure in an effort

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Morning Bell: Is the Postal Service Doomed?

2012-05-03T08:55:21Z

If you ran a business with $25 billion in losses over the last five years, $20 billion in annual losses projected in the coming years, and 80 percent of its locations losing money, do you think that your company would stay afloat? Should it be ...

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CARDIN, MIKULSKI CALL FOR USPS TO EXTEND MORATORIUM ON ALL POSTAL CLOSURES UNTIL FINAL ENACTMENT OF POSTAL REFORM BILL

2012-05-02T19:55:06Z

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-MD) today joined a bipartisan group of 41 Senators in calling on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to extend the current moratorium on the closing of post offices or ...

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Senators ask USPS to delay post office closings

2012-05-02T12:59:55Z

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has announced a plan to close up to 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 post offices starting May 15 as part of efforts to save the mail agency $6.5 billion a year. The Senate-passed bill (S.1789) would save about half

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Senate Authors of Postal Reform Seek Delay of Postal Closings from Postmaster General

2012-05-02T11:12:33Z

The four authors of Senate postal reform legislation today released a letter they sent to the Postmaster General asking him to delay the closing of post offices and mail processing facilities until reform legislation is signed into law. In a ...

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How Our State's Members Of Congress Voted Last Week

2012-04-30T16:08:25Z

The bill (S 1789) would use buyouts and early retirements to trim today’s 547,000-employee workforce by 100,000 positions; start new delivery services that do not compete unfairly with the private sector; use $11 billion in retirement-fund ...

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Grassley: 21st Century Act may head off postal collapse

2012-04-30T15:39:47Z

The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) this week by a vote of 62-37. The bill will provide the USPS, which is facing imminent collapse, with short-term financial relief, by returning $11 billion in USPS ...

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Roll Call

2012-04-29T06:22:37Z

Vote 1: Closing postal service facilities: The Senate has rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789). The amendment would have established a Commission on Postal Reorganization ...

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House OKs bills to relax financial regulation

2012-04-29T03:37:59Z

How SC members of Congress voted, week ending April 27

2012-04-29T03:09:21Z

The bill (S 1789) would use buyouts and early retirements to trim today's 547,000-employee workforce by 100,000 positions; start new delivery services that do not compete unfairly with the private sector; use $11 billion in retirement-fund ...

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Area Votes in Congress

2012-04-29T03:02:11Z

Roll Call

2012-04-29T03:02:11Z

Capitol Link

2012-04-29T02:55:02Z

Roll Call

2012-04-29T02:33:33Z

House bill blocks increase in student loan interest rates

2012-04-29T00:10:23Z

CONGRESSIONAL ROLL CALL: Week ending April 27

2012-04-28T23:20:17Z

Legislative roll call | PUBLIC RECORDS | April 23 to April 27

2012-04-28T23:05:58Z

Voting yes: Dick Durbin, D. Not voting: Mark Kirk, R. COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING RIGHTS: Voting 23 for and 76 against, the Senate on April 25 defeated an amendment to S 1789 (above) to strip U.S. Postal Service employees of collective bargaining rights.

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Find out how your local legislators voted this week: April 29

2012-04-28T19:52:41Z

A yes vote was to pass a bill (S 1789) that keeps post offices open and preserves Saturday deliveries, at least for the next year or two. Sen. Bill Nelson, D: Yes Sen. Marco Rubio, R: No Collective-Bargaining Rights: Senators refused ...

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CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted

2012-04-28T18:33:57Z

How Texans voted

2012-04-28T18:33:57Z

Roll Call: Key votes from the Wisconsin congressional delegation this week

2012-04-28T06:30:58Z

A yes vote was to pass a bill (S 1789) that keeps post offices open, closes some mail distribution centers and preserves Saturday deliveries for at least two years. Collective bargaining rights: Senators on Wednesday refused, 23-76, to strip U.S. Postal ..

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Stand up for postal

2012-04-28T01:16:00Z

The U.S. Senate is currently considering a bill dealing with the service you are getting from the U.S. Postal Service. If passed, S.1789 will allow change in service from six to five days a week in two years. The bill also authorizes USPS to convert ...

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Mag Industry Weighs in as USPS Bill Clears Another Hurdle

2012-04-26T16:13:09Z

A concentrated effort to save the United States Postal Service [USPS] from complete financial collapse advanced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday—the bill, which will now head to the House of Representatives, will make it harder for the USPS to close ...

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Letter writer: Where do we draw the line regarding safety helmets?

2012-04-26T15:23:03Z

In the effort to preserve as many lives as possible, while preventing hundreds if not thousands of traumatic head injuries, why don’t we force all automobile drivers to wear helmets? I claim there are far more head injuries in automobile ...

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Udall might not save SLV PO’s

2012-04-26T11:33:59Z

VALLEY — With the Senate passage of postal reform (S.1789) on Wednesday, Mark Udall called on his House colleagues to pass the bill and protect rural post offices that anchor their communities, save thousands of jobs, and ensure the long-term ...

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Senate’s Postal Service Overhaul Shifts Attention to House

2012-04-26T11:05:21Z

Senate passage of an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service shifts pressure to the House to beat a May 15 deadline, when the organization said it may start closing thousands of post offices and hundreds of mail processing sites. “I hope it puts a ...

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USPS Says Senate Bill on Postal Reform Falls Short

2012-04-26T07:59:14Z

The Postal Service Board of Governors and the Postmaster General released statements in response to Wednesday's vote by the U.S. Senate to approve S 1789, the 21st Century Postal Reform Act. Statement of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal .

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Senate Postal Service Overhaul Shifts Attention to House

2012-04-26T06:26:11Z

Letters from Readers, April 26: ‘Town hall’ meeting was a joke; Post offices must stay open; Preserve help for disabled

2012-04-25T19:56:15Z

The Democrats’ fake “town hall” meeting in Racine on Monday night was a joke. Not one person walking into that building was allowed to ask a question. Everything was set up in advance including local individuals coached to ask the ...

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APWU Reaction to Senate vote on S. 1789

2012-04-25T19:56:15Z

From the American Postal Workers Union: The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 25 by a vote of 62-37. “Although the bill is flawed, the amended version is far better than the original ...

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Statements from the Postal Service Board of Governors and the Postmaster General on Today's Senate Action

2012-04-25T19:49:05Z

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statements are in response to today's vote by the U.S. Senate to approve S 1789, the 21st Century Postal Reform Act. The Board, in working with management, has spent the past ...

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Senate Approves U.S. Postal Service Financial Overhaul Bill

2012-04-25T19:41:56Z

The Senate passed a Postal Service overhaul bill intended to save the cash-strapped organization from default. The measure was passed 62-37. The bill would make it harder for the Postal Service to close facilities, authorize it to provide non ...

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Statements from the Postal Service Board of Governors and the Postmaster General on Today's Senate Action

2012-04-25T19:13:18Z

The Board, in working with management, has spent the past two years preparing a comprehensive business plan to make the Postal Service viable so it would not become a liability to the American people. This plan was validated by outside experts. We stand ..

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Senate OKs Postal Service overhaul

2012-04-25T18:37:30Z

The Senate has approved a measure to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service and keep it from bankruptcy amid a growing shift to electronic delivery. The legislation (S. 1789) passed, 62-37. The House has not voted on an alternative measure. The Senate bill would

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Corker Hits Post Office Bill; It Passes Senate As Alexander Votes For It

2012-04-25T18:23:11Z

U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said the Postal Service bill, S. 1789, commits “generational theft” by violating budgetary limits for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and adding $11 billion to the federal deficit. He voted against the bill ...

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Senate passes postal service bill

2012-04-25T17:33:05Z

The Senate passed S. 1789, the bill generally reported to be aimed at "saving" or "fixing" the postal service, by a vote of 62-37 Wednesday. Less widely reported were the origins of the postal service's problems in a crisis manufactured by ...

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Senate to Vote on U.S. Postal Service Financial Overhaul Bill

2012-04-25T17:11:36Z

The Senate plans to vote today on a Postal Service overhaul bill intended to save the cash-strapped organization from default. The measure would make it more difficult for the Postal Service to close facilities, authorize it to provide non ...

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Senate approves changes to the U.S. Postal Service

2012-04-25T17:04:27Z

Congress moved one step closer Wednesday to overhauling the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service by approving sweeping reforms to rebalance the mail agency’s finances and help cut the size of its delivery network. The bipartisan measure passed 62 ...

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Senate passes postal reform bill

2012-04-25T16:57:17Z

The Senate passed a United States Postal Service reform bill on Wednesday. The chamber voted 62 to 37 on the bill, which aims to restructure the mail service and protect it from bankruptcy. It needed 60 votes or more to pass. Opposition was mostly, but not

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Senate OKs postal reform bill

2012-04-25T16:42:58Z

The Senate approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday aiming to restructure the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. The final bill, passed by the Senate in a 62-37 vote, refunds to USPS overpayments it made to the federal retirement system. That will allow the ..

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Corker: You Can’t Trust The Senate To Live Within Its Means

2012-04-25T16:35:49Z

In remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senator Bob Corker, R-Tn., said the postal reform bill, s. 1789, is further proof that “you absolutely cannot trust the United States Senate to live within its means.” The postal reform bill violates ...

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House tightens controls on conference spending

2012-04-25T16:21:30Z

The House passed a transparency bill unanimously April 25 that would also reduce spending on conferences, a reaction to overspending on a General Services Administration conference. Under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R ...

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Schumer: Keep rural post offices open

2012-04-25T12:39:36Z

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday announced he is introducing legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on the U.S. Postal Service closing rural post offices. Schumer said in a press release he introduced the legislation as an ...

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Christie's to auction Geo. Washington's 1789 Acts of Congress

2012-04-25T11:28:01Z

NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress is heading to a New York City auction. Its presale estimate is $2 million to $3 million. Christie's is offering it on June 22. The 93-page leather-bound volume contains the U.S ...

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Today in Congress: Senate wraps up post office bill; House quietly falls in line on transportation

2012-04-25T08:29:03Z

The House debated six suspension bills yesterday, passing two (H.R. 2947 and H.R. 491) by voice vote, H.R. 2157 by a recorded roll call vote, and postponing three more votes for today. The Senate considered and rejected the resolution of ...

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The United States Post Office: Service or Business?

2012-04-25T07:31:47Z

As expected, the post office overhaul is being debated, having been set in motion by a vote in the Senate last Tuesday on S 1789 which is aimed at putting the so-called money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by the end of ...

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Schumer calling for post office reforms

2012-04-24T23:32:11Z

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is calling on Congress to act to make revisions to a bill that will stop the Postmaster General's plan for eliminating day-to-day home mail delivery in rural communities, including Dayton. The bill Schumer is proposing changes .

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Another Capitulation on Postal “Reform”

2012-04-24T21:16:10Z

As we’ve noted in recent weeks, there is an effort to bail out the Postal Service with phony accounting measures. Democrats are currently voting on amendments to a bailout bill (S. 1789) that leaves taxpayers on the hook, without reforming ...

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House tightens controls on conference spending

2012-04-24T19:57:26Z

Post Offices Tougher to Close Under U.S. Senate Overhaul

2012-04-24T19:28:48Z

A Senate bill to overhaul the cash- strapped U.S. Postal Service would make it more difficult to shutter post offices considered too costly to maintain. The legislation would create an appeal process to let customers protest plans to close ...

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Senate approves eight amendments to postal reform bill, plans to continue Wednesday

2012-04-24T19:00:10Z

The Senate approved eight of 16 amendments to the United States Postal Reform bill (S.1789) on Tuesday. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had initially signaled that the Senate would vote on all 39 amendments but after 6 p.m. he reversed course and said

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Post Offices Tougher to Close Under U.S. Senate Overhaul

2012-04-24T17:05:38Z

Statement of National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando on today's Senate vote on S. 1789

2012-04-24T15:25:25Z

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando on today's Senate vote on S. 1789: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110406/DC78673LOGO)

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Washington's 1789 Acts of Congress to be auctioned in NYC

2012-04-24T13:23:44Z

NEW YORK — George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress is heading to a New York City auction. Christie's is offering it on June 22. Its presale estimate is $2 million to $3 million. It's being sold by the Dietrich American ...

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Tuesday: VAWA, NLRB, USPS in the Senate

2012-04-24T08:51:43Z

The Senate meets at 10 a.m. to take up the Violence Against Women Reauthorization act, S. 1925. Late Monday, senators agreed by unanimous consent to adopt the motion to proceed to this bill as soon as they're done with the postal reform bill. At 10:30 a.m

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Postal Service Offices Harder to Close Under Senate Overhaul

2012-04-24T06:57:11Z

(Updates with Senate amendment votes in second, 11th paragraph. For more legislative information, see BILL.) April 24 (Bloomberg) -- A Senate bill to overhaul the cash- strapped U.S. Postal Service would make it more difficult to shutter post ...

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Senate-Postal Reform

2012-04-24T06:57:11Z

It's not too often that we have legislation on the floor in the Congress where those of us in the Press Gallery aren't quite sure what will happen when the votes are counted - and that is true on a major postal reform bill now before the Senate ...

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Commentary: Postal reform bill severely harm this beloved institution

2012-04-23T21:17:22Z

Early this week, the Senate will be debating and voting on a bill on postal reform. The bill, S. 1789 (the 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012), if passed as is, will be detrimental to the United States Postal Service and the economic recovery of the .

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Pay and Benefits Feature Prominently in Postal Reform Bill

2012-04-23T20:55:53Z

The Senate will resume debate on postal reform Tuesday, considering several amendments to its bill that would affect workers’ pay and benefits. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is shepherding a few amendments to S. 1789, including one that would ...

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Senate passes U.S. Postal Service overhaul

2012-04-23T19:58:37Z

The Senate passed sweeping U.S. Postal Service reform legislation by a 62-37 vote Wednesday, after months of debate and procedural halts on the measure. The legislation (S. 1789) allows the agency to offer buyout and early retirement incentives to 100,000

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Senate advances bill to re-up Violence Against Women Act

2012-04-23T19:58:37Z

The Senate on Monday night advanced a Democratic bill that would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and is expected to take up that bill as early as Wednesday. By unanimous consent, members approved the motion to proceed to the Violence ...

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Postal bill amendment seeks to cut backlog ahead of USPS retirement 'deluge'

2012-04-23T16:23:52Z

An amendment to a Senate bill restructuring the U.S. Postal Service's financial framework would institute new agency reporting requirements for retiring federal workers, anticipating a "deluge of retirees," from USPS. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Barbara

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How Our State's Members Of Congress Voted Last Week

2012-04-23T15:33:46Z

A yes vote was to advance the bill. POSTAL SERVICE OVERHAUL: Voting 74 for and 22 against, the Senate on April 17 started debate on a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 30 ...

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How SC members of Congress voted, week ending April 20

2012-04-22T19:38:20Z

House approves business tax cut bill

2012-04-22T03:39:07Z

Capitol Link

2012-04-22T02:56:10Z

A yes vote was to advance the bill. Voting 74 for and 22 against, the Senate on April 17 started debate on a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 30, 2015, mainly through a restructuring that ..

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Area Votes in Congress

2012-04-22T02:56:10Z

N.J.). Voting no: Pat Toomey (R., Pa.). Postal Service overhaul. Voting 74-22, the Senate on Tuesday started debate on a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 30, 2015, mainly through ...

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House OKs tax cut for small businesses

2012-04-22T00:11:32Z

A yes vote was to advance the bill. Voting 74 for and 22 against, the Senate started debate on a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 30, 2015, mainly through a restructuring that ...

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Find out how local legislators voted this week: April 22

2012-04-21T14:03:05Z

30, 2015. A yes vote was to take up S 1789, which, in part, would cut payroll and healthcare costs, close many post offices and end Saturday deliveries. Want to contact one of these lawmakers? Rep. Bill Posey, 132 Cannon House Office Building ...

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CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted

2012-04-20T19:55:01Z

Voting yes: Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. POSTAL SERVICE OVERHAUL: Voting 74 for and 22 against, the Senate on April 17 started debate on a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the money-losing U.S. Postal Service on a profitable ...

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Early retirement

2012-04-19T22:26:32Z

Q. I am a 54-year-old letter carrier with 24 years postal and nine years military. According to Senate bill S.1789, will I be eligible for early retirement? What about the Social Security supplement? How does this affect my Thrift Savings Plan ...

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Reid anounces deal to consider 39 postal bill amendments

2012-04-19T20:17:41Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that the chamber had reached a compromise over which amendments would be voted on to add to the U.S. Postal Reform bill (S.1789) on Tuesday. After spending most of Thursday negotiating which amendments .

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Legislative Lowdown: The five trillion dollar man

2012-04-19T19:56:12Z

President Barack Obama has done something no other president has ever done. Just as Barry Bonds set the single-season record for home runs, Obama is the debt leader of politics. He has set the single-term record for debt, breaking the $1 ...

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Sen. Akaka Tries to Rid Postal Reform Bill of Language Reducing Workers’ Comp

2012-04-19T19:56:12Z

An amendment introduced during Senate debate this week would strip a comprehensive U.S. Postal Service reform bill of language scaling back workers’ compensation benefits. The 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) would give workers ...

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Senate reaches deal on voting on amendments to postal bill

2012-04-19T19:49:03Z

Looks like the Senate is going to very busy next Tuesday with rapid-fire voting on more than three-dozen amendments to S. 1789, the postal overhaul legislation. According to a message this evening from the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry ...

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Reid announces deal to consider 39 postal bill amendments

2012-04-19T19:41:53Z

Toward a Postal Solution

2012-04-19T15:52:49Z

A bipartisan compromise bill is off to a good start to preserve mostly overnight mail service in Maine and stave off the planned closing of about 100 of the mail processing plants that had been slated for shuttering. After impassioned pleas by ...

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MARYLAND: Cardin files amendment to prevent Easton processing center closure

2012-04-19T08:57:39Z

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., has filed an amendment to the 21st Century Postal Service Act, S. 1789, to prevent the closure of the Easton mail processing center. The amendment would prevent the postal center from closing if the next ...

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Harry Reid, Proudly Defending Seniors’ Access to Junk Mail

2012-04-19T06:41:38Z

The Obama campaign’s trouble with minority recruitment – really! – and the continuing dietary controversy that is, er, dogging President Obama feature in today’s Morning Jolt, but there is also this bit of silliness… Harry Reid to Seniors: I’m

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YOUR VIEW: Congress continues assault on Postal Service

2012-04-19T02:23:56Z

Congress, apparently dissatisfied with the slow death its 2006 predecessor imposed on the Postal Service by requiring it to pre-fund its retiree health obligations 75 years into the future at a cost of $5.5 billion a year over a 10-year-period, is ...

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Nelson votes to save rural post offices

2012-04-18T22:56:21Z

Ninety rural Nebraska post offices, along with a number of mail processing plants, including Grand Island, could be closing soon because of congressional gridlock, said U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Wednesday. “If Congress doesn’t pass a ...

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Senator tries to rid postal reform bill of language reducing workers’ comp

2012-04-18T19:57:23Z

Daily scoreboard

2012-04-18T19:21:36Z

Final score: GOOD 6, EVIL 5. 1. The president is having a ruff day, what with news breaking that while growing up in Indonesia, he ate dog meat. CARTAGENA, Colombia — A Secret Service agent preparing for President Obama’s arrival at an international ..

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Harry Reid cites seniors' love of junk mail to argue for postal bill

2012-04-18T18:45:48Z

RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - According to an article from "The Hill," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cited seniors' love of junk mail in urging passage of a United States Postal Service reform bill. In his opening speech on Wednesday, Reid called .

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CCAGW Denounces Senate for “Mailing in” USPS Bailout

2012-04-18T17:34:14Z

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste slammed S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, for delaying crucial United States Postal Service (USPS) reforms, including the closure of 3,700 post offices and ..

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CCAGW Denounces Senate for “Mailing in” USPS Bailout

2012-04-18T16:58:26Z

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste slammed S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, for delaying crucial United States Postal Service (USPS) reforms, including the closure of 3,700 post offices and .

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Senate Postal Bill Could Pave Way For Credit Union Hikes

2012-04-18T16:22:39Z

A 10% increase in postage rates could cost credit unions $30 million annualized. There’s no Call Report data that quantifies credit union postage costs, but CUNA Vice President of Economics and Statistics Mike Schenk gathered credit union data ...

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Reid cites seniors' love of junk mail to argue for passage of postal reform bill

2012-04-18T15:32:32Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) cited seniors' love of junk mail in urging passage of a United States Postal Service reform bill. In his opening speech on Wednesday, Reid called on the Senate to quickly move forward on the passage of S. 1789 ...

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Reid Cites Seniors' Love of Junk Mail to Argue for Postal Reform Bill

2012-04-18T14:20:57Z

Sen. Paul urges Obama to cut off aid to Egypt

2012-04-18T13:16:32Z

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wants President Obama to suspend financial aid to Egypt. In an open letter sent out on Wednesday, Paul asks Obama to cut off aid to the country until Egyptian authorities withdraw "arrest warrants" on a number of American citizens ..

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USPS plans for workforce cuts as Senate expected to take up reform bill

2012-04-18T08:15:53Z

This week the Senate is expected to take up legislation to reform the Postal Service. The bill (S.1789) could close post offices, end Saturday deliveries and return funds the Postal Service as pre-paid for retiree health benefits. USPS already has started

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Senate to begin debate on Postal Service relief bill

2012-04-17T22:07:26Z

But the legislation, S 1789, still is likely to face stiff opposition. Lieberman plans to offer an amended version that would address criticism from some Senate Democrats that the original version didn't do enough to stop planned post office closures.

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Senate begins debating Postal Service overhaul

2012-04-17T21:31:38Z

The Senate voted on Tuesday to begin debating legislation that would allow the cash-strapped Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery after two years. The bill from Republicans Susan Collins and Scott Brown, Democrat Thomas Carper and Independent Joe .

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Senate moves forward on Postal Service bill

2012-04-17T19:01:19Z

The Senate voted by a wide margin to move forward on legislation that would restructure the U.S. Postal Service. On Tuesday morning the chamber voted 74-22 on cloture on a motion to proceed on S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, which ...

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Reid cuts off Sen.Paul over adding amendment to USPS bill

2012-04-17T15:40:53Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) cut off Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) push to attach an amendment discontinuing American aid to Egypt to a bill meant to streamline the United States Postal Service. Paul had announced earlier on Tuesday that he ...

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Senate Begins Debating US Postal Service Overhaul

2012-04-17T14:22:08Z

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to begin debating legislation that would allow the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery after two years. The bill from Republicans Susan Collins and Scott Brown, Democrat Thomas Carper ...

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Senate begins debating US Postal Service overhaul

2012-04-17T14:14:59Z

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to begin debating legislation that would allow the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery after two years. The bill from Republicans Susan Collins and ...

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CBP Union Calls for Improved Management of FECA Workers Compensation Benefits

2012-04-17T08:52:51Z

The head of the union representing 24,000 employees of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wrote to lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Monday to endorse recommendations from the inspector general (IG) of the ...

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Senate to take up Postal Reform Bill Tuesday

2012-04-16T19:59:46Z

After having failed to move the Buffett Rule forward Tuesday evening, the Senate plans to take up a Postal Reform bill, S.1789, Tuesday morning when it resumes. The chamber will resume consideration of the bill when it resumes at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday ...

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Richard Haefner: Congress broke the Postal Service — and should fix it

2012-04-15T18:35:03Z

The controversy over the U.S. Postal Service’s efforts to close its Rochester processing and distribution facility is playing out in hundreds of American communities as the USPS prepares to close more than half of the nation’s 460 mail ...

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Postal carriers express worries over coming changes

2012-04-13T12:46:40Z

It was also about a bill S 1789. Demonstrators say if passed it'll mean bad news, especially for rural post offices. It's clear the 21st century Postal Service is in jeopardy, but these men and women are taking a stand. "We want to be a solid business and

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Postal carriers express worries over coming changes

2012-04-13T12:46:40Z

Kucinich Pumps Up Crowd of Mail Carriers During NALC Rally (PHOTOS)

2012-04-13T11:49:24Z

While NALC President Fredric Rolando has gone on record as saying SB 1789 means well, in addressing the Annual Postal Workshop of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries on April 6 at Rutgers University he made clear that despite its good ...

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Letter carriers protest proposed postal reform bill

2012-04-13T11:49:24Z

BIDDEFORD — On Thursday, more than a dozen U.S. postal carriers from Sanford, Kennebunk and Biddeford gathered on Main Street in front of the regional office of Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, to protest proposed changes to the postal service ...

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Letter carriers protest proposed postal reform bill

2012-04-13T11:49:24Z

Letter Carriers Deliver Protest

2012-04-13T08:14:39Z

The National Association of Letter Carriers organized demonstrations in 200 cities on Thursday, including Hartford, against a Senate bill the head of the union in Connecticut said would stamp out jobs. "It'll lead to five-day delivery at your ...

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Saginaw Protest Video: USPS workers want postal reform bill killed or amended

2012-04-13T08:14:39Z

SAGINAW, MI — About 70 U.S. Postal Service employees and other residents upset about proposed changes in Senate Bill 1789 gathered Thursday in front of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin’s downtown Saginaw office to make their voices heard. Terry Ewing, a ...

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Protestors rally to oppose bill that could cut thousands of postal service jobs

2012-04-13T00:07:53Z

How you get your mail and how often you get it is soon to be an issue for lawmakers. A bill is on its way to the Senate, if passed it will eliminate thousands of jobs and do away with some services many rely on. Protests against bill S.1789 were held ...

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Letter carriers protest proposed Postal Service cuts

2012-04-12T21:23:15Z

RIVERSIDE - More than 100 postal workers from throughout the Inland Empire and surrounding areas rallied outside Sen. Barbara Boxer's office Thursday to protest proposed service cuts and draw attention to an alternative plan. The protest joined ...

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Utah letter carriers rally to save the U.S. Postal Service

2012-04-12T19:57:21Z

The freezing rain seemed almost fitting Thursday as dozens of Utah letter carriers marched in front of Salt Lake City’s Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, fighting to save the jobs they perform regardless of the weather. The protest aimed to raise ...

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Eau Claire Postal Service workers demonstrate against bill

2012-04-12T19:35:52Z

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- As part of a nationwide effort, Postal Service employees around the country, including some in Eau Claire gathered in front of Senate offices to show Congress its stance on Senate Bill 1789, among other issues. More than two ...

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Sioux City-area postal workers demonstrate against service cuts, layoffs

2012-04-11T19:58:32Z

Kevin Pettit, a site leader for the National Association of Letter Carriers union, said Thursday's demonstration was meant to educate residents about U.S. Senate bill S-1789, which would consolidate post offices, reduce delivery services and cut jobs to sa

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White House Facebook Timeline Goes Back to the Beginning

2012-04-11T13:53:28Z

The White House has taken the Facebook timeline concept to a whole new level by adding images stretching all the way back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. It also points out some odd American preoccupations. There are large gaps of course.

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Postal Service needs voter support

2012-04-11T12:06:05Z

The controversy over the Postal Service’s efforts to close the Rochester, Minn., Processing and Distribution Facility is being repeated in hundreds of American communities, as the USPS prepares to close more than half of the nation’s 460 ...

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Time to speak out to ‘Save America’s Postal Service’

2012-04-10T11:31:29Z

MINNEAPOLIS - Unions representing postal employees and supporters of universal, six-day service will hold demonstrations over the next week as Congress considers legislation that would dismantle the world’s best postal system. Members of all the unions .

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Save our Postal Service

2012-04-09T16:54:47Z

In the coming weeks, the U.S. Senate will debate and likely vote on a bill to “save” the United States Postal Service. The bill, S. 1789, hailed as a bipartisan attempt to help the Postal Service, is deeply flawed and would more likely destroy our ...

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USPS Letter Carriers to Protest Postal Legislation This Week

2012-04-09T08:12:14Z

On April 12, the National Association of Letter Carriers will hold demonstrations outside of Senate offices across the country in order to pressure senators to oppose S. 1789, which it believes will be brought up in the Senate after the Easter recess ...

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How our state's members of Congress voted last week

2012-04-06T19:57:18Z

A yes vote backed the bipartisan budget. POSTAL SERVICE OVERHAUL: Voting 51 for and 46 against, the Senate on March 27 failed to reach 60 votes for advancing a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept.

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Letter Carriers President Says S.1789 Lacks Vision, Won't Solve USPS Problems

2012-04-06T13:52:14Z

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said Friday that Postal Service legislation pending before Congress lacks any long-term vision and fails to ...

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Letter Carriers President Says S.1789 Lacks Vision, Won't Solve USPS Problems

2012-04-06T01:00:00Z

...and "is a recipe for total disaster." The National Association of Letter Carriers has announced its opposition to a Senate bill, S. 1789, which also seeks to reduce Postal Service red ink by downsizing the postal network. A sizeable share of what has be

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Letter Carriers President Says S.1789 Lacks Vision, Won't Solve USPS Problems

2012-04-06T01:00:00Z

In Speech at Rutgers, NALC President Calls on Congress to Take Time to Draft Comprehensive Reform Instead of Pushing Through Flawed Legislation WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association

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Will discredited Postal Service get next great bailout?

2012-04-02T02:08:18Z

It’s another month in Washington, and it’s yet another bailout. This time, taxpayers will be tapped for another $41 billion to subsidize the United States Postal Service, a flagging entity that is struggling against the tide of modern technology ...

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How SC members of Congress voted, week ending March 30

2012-04-01T05:08:27Z

Shrinking a Behemoth

2012-04-01T03:06:46Z

The U.S. Postal Service's plan to consolidate 233 mail processing plants nationwide triggered a fierce debate about the future of one of the largest federal employers. On one hand, the U.S. Postal Service is hemorrhaging money, having posted a $ ...

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Area Votes in Congress

2012-04-01T02:59:36Z

N.J.). Voting no: Pat Toomey (R., Pa.). Postal Service overhaul. Voting 51-46, the Senate on Tuesday failed to reach 60 votes for advancing a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 20, 2015 ...

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Legislative Roll Call | PUBLIC RECORDS | March 26 to March 30

2012-04-01T01:26:33Z

A yes vote backed the bipartisan budget. POSTAL SERVICE OVERHAUL: Voting 51-46, the Senate on March 27 failed to reach 60 votes for advancing a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 20, 2015 ...

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This week's votes in Congress

2012-03-31T21:23:10Z

Postal Service overhaul. Voting 51 for and 46 against, the Senate on March 27 failed to reach 60 votes for advancing a bill (S 1789) aimed at putting the U.S. Postal Service on a profitable basis by Sept. 20, 2015, mainly by a permanent ...

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Senate shoves postal reform aside to help oil companies

2012-03-31T12:40:36Z

The Senate was supposed to take up the issue of S.1789, the postal reform bill, this week after delaying since December of 2011 a debate on postal reform, but the Republican legislators found it more urgent to clear the entire week to discuss not taxing ..

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MAINE COMPASS: Cloned Postal Service op-ed offers small comfort

2012-03-29T23:34:23Z

Word is getting around. America is about to lose the U.S. Postal Service, which we have relied on for decades, if not centuries. Just recently, the postmaster general announced sweeping service cuts and reductions effective May 15. Unless ...

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New Orleans Tries to Hold on to Its Mail Plant During USPS Cuts

2012-03-28T17:59:08Z

Plans to move regional, mail-processing activities from Loyola Avenue in downtown New Orleans to Baton Rouge are not a done deal, according to the U.S. Postal Service and union spokesmen last week. In December, Congress imposed a moratorium on any closings

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ANGELINI’S ENHANCED ANTI-BULLYING BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

2012-03-27T10:57:59Z

Angelini is a prime sponsor of the original measure – the “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,” implemented in September 2011, as well as the bill (A-2709/S-1789) signed Monday by the governor which brings the law into constitutional compliance.

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ANGELINI’S ENHANCED ANTI-BULLYING BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

2012-03-27T10:57:59Z

ANGELINI’S ENHANCED ANTI-BULLYING BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

2012-03-27T10:57:59Z

Christie Signs Bill To Preserve NJ Anti-Bullying Law

2012-03-27T09:17:46Z

The law (S-1789/A-2709) appropriates $1 million to the Bullying Prevention Fund to assist school districts in implementing the “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.” In order for a school district to apply for a grant from the Bullying ...

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Largest Postal Union Calls on Senate to Reject S. 1789 As Currently Drafted

2012-03-27T07:30:23Z

Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), has formally called on the U.S. Senate to reject S. 1789 — the 21st Century Postal Service Act — because as currently drafted, it provides only short-term fixes.

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Largest Postal Union Calls on Senate to Reject S. 1789 As Currently Drafted

2012-03-27T07:16:04Z

Postal bill stalls in the Senate

2012-03-26T19:56:02Z

The Senate took a surprise first vote on postal legislation today. The result: Lawmakers probably won’t be trying again before mid-April. The bill is the 21st Century Postal Reform Act (S.1789); the vote, which came this afternoon, was on a ...

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Union calls on senators to oppose postal reform bill

2012-03-26T19:20:15Z

A key union is reaching out to senators about its opposition to a bipartisan bill revamping Postal Service operations. Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, told lawmakers on Monday that the Senate bill is “fatally ..

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Recent Votes in U.S. Congress

2012-03-26T19:13:05Z

This bill would ease reporting and regulatory requirements for small businesses trying to raise capital in order to take the company public. The House passed the bill on March 8, 2012. The Senate adopted an amendment to the bill which will require the ...

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BUONO-WEINBERG LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTACT SIGNED INTO LAW

2012-03-26T19:13:05Z

Largest Postal Union Calls on Senate to Reject S. 1789 As Currently Drafted

2012-03-26T17:25:43Z

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), has formally called on the U.S. Senate to reject S. 1789 -- the 21st Century Postal Service Act-- because as ...

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This Week in Congress: a burst of budget fever before (yet another) recess

2012-03-26T08:28:50Z

I suppose you could say that last week in the House was the calm before the storm. Just a few suspension bills, the procedural fun of the Accomack County, VA land transfer bill, and then the non-health "HEALTH" bill, which was mostly just a ...

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Senate debates future of Postal Service

2012-03-26T08:14:31Z

The Senate will take a procedural vote today to start debating on bipartisan legislation this week. The bill — S.1789 — would: Allow USPS to offer buyouts to reduce staff by as much as 100,000 employees. Allow USPS to negotiate a new health insurance .

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And Now for a Postal Bailout

2012-03-26T00:43:33Z

It’s another week in Washington, and it’s yet another bailout. This time, taxpayers will be tapped for another $41 billion to subsidize the healthcare retirement benefits of postal workers – benefits that are quite scarce in the private ...

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Senate to vote on postal service reform bill

2012-03-25T10:24:34Z

A vote on Joseph Lieberman’s 21st Century Postal Service Act (S 1789) had been delayed while its sponsors negotiated with senators who support a competing bill (S 1853) offered by Bernie Sanders. The Lieberman bill would postpone ending Saturday delivery

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Senate to Vote on Postal Service Reform Bill, Despite Concerns From Postal Unions

2012-03-24T02:33:18Z

A vote on Joseph Lieberman's 21st Century Postal Service Act (S 1789) had been delayed while its sponsors negotiated with senators who support a competing bill (S 1853) offered by Bernie Sanders. The Lieberman bill would postpone ending Saturday delivery .

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Senate could take up postal bill next week

2012-03-22T17:44:46Z

The wind-up has taken a while, but the full Senate appears poised to pitch into a major debate on postal issues next week. Earlier today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., introduced a motion that would allow senators to take up the ...

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The USPS: Congress broke it, Congress must fix it

2012-03-20T01:40:47Z

The controversy over the Postal Service’s efforts to consolidate Helena’s mail processing into Great Falls is being repeated in hundreds of American communities, as the USPS prepares to close half of the nation’s 460 mail processing centers. In ...

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Hollande under pressure to woo the left

2012-03-19T19:35:42Z

The rally at the Bastille, site of the notorious former prison stormed by an angry mob in France's 1789 revolution, was a powerful visual symbol of Melenchon's rising influence. The gathering reportedly attracted a better-than-expected 120 000 people who .

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France's Hollande under fresh pressure to court far left

2012-03-19T16:58:13Z

France's Hollande under fresh pressure to court far left

2012-03-19T14:42:13Z

Petition effort shows support for timely mail delivery in S.D.

2012-03-19T09:48:43Z

South Dakotans oppose the wholesale consolidation of postal mail service in our state and do not want the Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery. That’s according to the results of a statewide petition campaign initiated by South ...

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ANGELINI’S ENHANCED ANTI-BULLYING BILL GETS ASSEMBLY APPROVAL

2012-03-16T11:32:30Z

“Today’s measure (A-2709/S-1789) corrects a flaw in the law that will help ease any fiscal burden our schools may experience and better help our districts to better implement the law.” The bill now heads to Gov. Christie for his signature.

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ANGELINI’S ENHANCED ANTI-BULLYING BILL GETS ASSEMBLY APPROVAL

2012-03-16T11:32:30Z

Postal workers determined to keep their jobs

2012-03-16T01:00:00Z

...2309 would end Saturday mail delivery service, radically downsize the USPS and close thousands of post offices. In the Senate, S.1789 would phase out door-to-door delivery and eliminate Saturday delivery by 2014. Without even waiting for votes on these

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BUONO-WEINBERG LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTACT ADVANCES

2012-03-15T18:14:33Z

As a mother, I stand proud that we have found a working solution to this major public health problem." The bill (S-1789/A-2709) would appropriate $1 million to the Bullying Prevention Fund to assist school districts in implementing the “Anti ...

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BUONO-WEINBERG LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTACT ADVANCES

2012-03-15T18:14:33Z

BUONO-WEINBERG LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTACT ADVANCES

2012-03-15T18:14:33Z

Allen Legislation to Save Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Heads to Governor Christie

2012-03-15T17:53:04Z

S-1789 remedies a state Council of Local Mandates ruling that threatened to negate the law by appropriating $1 million to pay for grants to districts that incur costs due to implementation and compliance with ABBRA. Districts are also offered ...

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Allen Legislation to Save Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Heads to Governor Christie

2012-03-15T17:53:04Z

School districts say state's anti-bullying law costs at least $2 million to implement

2012-03-08T21:33:23Z

The amended bill, S-1789, was approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Thursday. The Assembly Appropriations Committee will review its version of the bill Monday.

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BUONO-WEINBERG LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION INTACT ADVANCES

2012-03-08T17:01:22Z

The bill (S-1789) would appropriate $1 million to the Bullying Prevention Fund to assist school districts in implementing the “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.” In order for a school district to apply for a grant from the Bullying ...

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Bill Preserving Anti-Bullying Law On Legislative Fast Track

2012-03-08T11:53:34Z

The bill, S-1789, would alleviate unfunded mandate concerns regarding the anti-bullying law and extend the assistance of a seven-member task force to help districts implement it. “I am pleased that Chairman Sarlo and Senate President Sweeney ...

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Guest View: Pre-funded mandate hobbles Postal Service

2012-03-08T00:12:03Z

The U.S. Senate will likely soon debate the 21st Century Postal Reform Act (S. 1789), a deeply flawed bill designed to "save" the Postal Service by downsizing it dramatically. Businesses in Massachusetts that rely on Saturday delivery and on ...

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Guest View: Pre-funded mandate hobbles Postal Service

2012-03-08T00:04:54Z

Guest View: Pre-funded mandate hobbles Postal Service

2012-03-07T23:50:35Z

Saving the Postal Service (and Union Jobs)

2012-03-02T11:39:13Z

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to reduce mail service to five days a week and shut 3,830 post offices is meeting opposition in Congress, from sectors of the public, and the several major postal unions. Some closings of mail ...

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Opposition Mounts to Postal Closings

2012-03-02T10:56:16Z

Congress can still stop Kingsford closure

2012-02-24T13:27:44Z

KINGSFORD - "The announcement by the U.S. Postal Service that the Upper Peninsula Mail Processing Center in Kingsford is slated for closure would severely impact mail service in the U.P. and be especially harmful to residents and businesses that rely on ..

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Huron mail processing center will be closed, says USPS

2012-02-24T08:55:43Z

HURON — The Huron mail processing center is closing. The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it will move all mail processing operations from the Dakota Central Processing & Distribution Facility in Huron to the Sioux Falls Processing ...

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Congress can still stop Kingsford closure

2012-02-24T08:34:14Z

Huron mail processing center will be closed, says USPS

2012-02-24T07:51:17Z

Public, politicians, union members rally in Bangor for U.S. Postal Service

2012-02-20T15:34:10Z

There are also competing bills in the Senate, one of which, S 1789, is co-sponsored by Collins. Another bill is S 1853, backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt. “Sanders is working with 27 other senators to end the prefunding mandate and retain ...

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Public, politicians, union members rally in Bangor for U.S. Postal Service

2012-02-20T15:34:10Z

Public, politicians, union members rally in Bangor for U.S. Postal Service

2012-02-19T18:55:47Z

J. Curtis: Sen. Collins in denial

2012-02-18T23:14:40Z

Sen. Susan Collins wrongly asserts that, “The funding of the liability for future retiree health benefits is not the reason why the Postal Service is in a financial crisis.” ("Postal system’s financial woes spark debate in Maine," Sun ...

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Business Mailers Rankled by Obama Call to End Saturday Delivery

2012-02-16T10:45:25Z

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s call for the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery and raise rates will drive away customers while not addressing needed cost reductions, some business users and U.S. lawmakers said ...

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Business Mailers Rankled by Obama Call to End Saturday Delivery

2012-02-14T00:17:52Z

Business Mailers Rankled by Obama Call to End Saturday Delivery

2012-02-14T00:17:52Z

President Barack Obama’s call for the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery and raise rates will drive away customers while not addressing needed cost reductions, some business users and U.S. lawmakers said. Obama, as part of his ...

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Sen. Carper reacts to Postal Service's $3.3 billion loss in first quarter

2012-02-09T12:12:28Z

Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012: "While

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The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress

2012-02-08T05:39:56Z

The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress. Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, January 27, 2012 "This report provides an overview of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) financial ...

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Cut pre-funding, not service, to save USPS

2012-02-07T10:13:08Z

This week, the U.S. Senate likely will debate the 21st Century Postal Reform Act (S. 1789), a deeply flawed bill designed to "save" the Postal Service by downsizing it dramatically. Businesses in Montana that rely on Saturday delivery and on their local ..

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Guest commentary: Fix the Postal Service

2012-02-07T01:01:57Z

The U.S. Senate soon will likely debate the 21st Century Postal Reform Act (S. 1789), a deeply flawed bill designed to 'save" the U.S. Postal Service by downsizing it dramatically. Businesses in Missouri that rely on Saturday delivery and on their local ..

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French Vote Frontrunner Hollande Pledges to Fight Finance

2012-01-26T01:09:02Z

As the crowd was cheering him, screaming ”Hollande President,” the lawmaker and father-of-four, repeated several times that ”equality” was the pillar of his presidential bid, citing France’s 1789 revolution and the ”French Dream ...

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France’s Opportunity: Showing Turkey that Free Speech is Life Itself

2012-01-23T16:50:19Z

And he is also quite correct when he said the Senate should reject the bill "in the name of free speech, the freedom of historical inquiry" and Article 11 of France's 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen -- because "the free ...

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French Vote Frontrunner Hollande Pledges to Fight Finance

2012-01-23T12:25:28Z

French Presidential Frontrunner Hollande Pledges to Limit Power of Banks

2012-01-23T05:51:45Z

French Vote Frontrunner Hollande Pledges to Fight Finance

2012-01-21T18:54:23Z

Would you advocate for federal wine shipping?

2012-01-16T01:00:00Z

...state approval of wine shipping sets precedents (Massachusetts and New Jersey are considering legislation similar to Maryland’s in 2012). So I’m not sure S.1789 would face the same obstacles that our Maryland law faced. Where do you stand on this bi

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Emily Dickinson gets a haiku makeover

2012-01-12T11:55:33Z

Last fall, he immersed himself in studying all of Dickinson's 1,789 poems, surrounding himself with research materials such as Noah Webster's 1844 “American Dictionary of the English Language"; he also drew on a website, the Emily Dickinson ...

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Emily Dickinson gets a haiku makeover

2012-01-09T17:49:52Z

Westfield man gives Dickinson a haiku makeover

2012-01-08T01:51:51Z

Last fall, he immersed himself in studying all of Dickinson's 1,789 poems, surrounding himself with research materials such as Noah Webster's 1844 "American Dictionary of the English Language"; he also drew on a website, the Emily Dickinson Lexicon ...

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Saving the Postal Service makes economic sense

2011-12-12T18:58:52Z

As someone who made a living for many years as a letter carrier, I read with keen interest the syndicated columns, OpEds and editorials that have appeared recently in this newspaper regarding the U.S. Postal Service. Unfortunately, essential ...

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Saving the Postal Service makes economic sense

2011-12-12T18:58:52Z

McCaskill Seeks Six-Month Delay in Postal Closures

2011-12-12T15:59:55Z

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for a six-month delay in U.S. Postal Service facility closures to allow time to implement cost-saving reforms. McCaskill has joined a request to Senate leaders to approve legislative language preventing the Postal .

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Gazette opinion: Time for USPS to stamp out inefficiency

2011-12-11T02:03:35Z

In the U.S. Postal Service’s busiest month, many customers are worried less about getting Christmas cards and holiday packages mailed soon than they are about how their mail service may change next year. Reasons for concern were detailed in a ...

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McCaskill Seeks Six-MonthDelay in Postal Closures

2011-12-10T16:38:05Z

Letter: Postal Service, jobs, can be saved with simple fixes

2011-12-09T19:02:26Z

On Nov., the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee forwarded a bill, S.1789 the 21st Century Postal Reform Act of 2011 for a vote in the U.S. Senate. This bill is not the answer to the Postal Service financial problems; it ...

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Obama Did Not Thank God for Our Blessings

2011-11-29T01:06:14Z

What Obama said contrasts greatly with the words of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation and George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation. Barack Obama said, The very first Thanksgiving was a celebration of community ...

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Editorial: George Washington, the first national Thanksgiving and Haverhill

2011-11-25T13:56:54Z

Today, 222 years later, we bring you the text of Washington's 1789 proclamation. Happy Thanksgiving. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God ...

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Thankful for what and to Whom?

2011-11-24T09:11:46Z

Nowhere are these truths more evident or conveyed with greater eloquence and passion than in George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will ...

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A day for giving thanks

2011-11-23T03:57:59Z

Two hundred twenty-two years later, we bring you the text of Washington's 1789 proclamation. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his

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Postmaster General Urges Congress to Reevaluate Current Postal Reform Bills

2011-11-22T15:12:03Z

Both HR 2309 and S 1789 were introduced earlier this year to respond to an urgent liquidity crisis and to address long-term structural constraints in the Postal Service business model. Throughout its recent fiscal crisis the Postal Service has advanced ...

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Postmaster General Urges Congress to Reevaluate Current Postal Reform Bills

2011-11-22T14:00:28Z

Deltona commission to open with thanks to God

2011-11-21T00:18:27Z

DELTONA -- The more faith-focused City Commission will open its meeting today with a reading from George Washington's 1789 proclamation of a day of thanksgiving to God. City Commissioner Herb Zischkau, also a strong proponent of the commission's ...

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USPS finishes Fiscal Year 2011 with a $5.1 billion loss

2011-11-16T14:43:22Z

Financial issues for the United States Postal Service (USPS) remain front and center, with this week’s announcement that for Fiscal Year 20111 the USPS had a net loss of $5.1 billion. USPS officials said this loss would have been more than ...

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Senators including Carper react to $5.1 billion Postal Service loss

2011-11-16T09:21:15Z

U.S. Senators including Delaware's Tom Carper reacted Tuesday to an announcement from the Postal Service that it lost $5.1 billion in fiscal year 2011. The loss would have been $10 billion without emergency Congressional intervention, according ...

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