Tag: Congress
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Raiding USPS Coffers Goes Back Years
April 10, 2017, Linn’s Stamp News Congress’ habit of raiding USPS coffers goes back almost 30 years. Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank came to Washington, D.C., in 1988 with a mandate to run the United States Postal Service like a business. That’s why the former California savings and loan executive was furious when he discovered…
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Congress Adjourns for 2016 Without Postal Reform Legislation
Despite valiant efforts by both the Senate and House oversight committees, no postal reform legislation came to pass in 2016. With the shift in control of the White House, and the resulting Republican control of both the executive and legislative branches, prospects for new postal legislation are very uncertain going into 2017. All eyes will…
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4 Reasons Lame Duck Postal Law not Likely
Almost anything can happen during the lame duck session of the U.S. Congress. A new postal law could pass. But we think the odds have dropped for the following reasons: Congress has higher priorities on its plate. With the surprise victory by President-Elect Donald Trump, and Republican control of both houses of Congress, USPS reform…
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Postal legislation fails to move
Postal legislation did not move to the floor of either the House or the Senate before they adjourned for election campaigning. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring of the House Oversight bill passed on July 12 has not been released. The CBO score of the federal budget impact of the bill in the next ten…
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End-of-summer shorts
September 14, 2016 We hope you have enjoyed a restful summer. Like major league baseball, the postal world keeps grinding it out throughout the dog days. So we decided to present brief updates on a number of issues important to nonprofit mailers. Mailing industry exhibit launched: includes nonprofits If you ever have had to explain…