President Biden Signs Postal Service Reform Act
President Joe Biden signed legislation overhauling the finances of the U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Service Reform Act removes $57 billion in past-due liabilities and $50 billion in…
1,593 viewsPresident Joe Biden signed legislation overhauling the finances of the U.S. Postal Service. The Postal Service Reform Act removes $57 billion in past-due liabilities and $50 billion in…
1,593 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and congressional Democrats held an enrollment ceremony for the recently-passed Postal Service Reform Act.
249 viewsPrior to a final passage vote, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-OH) spoke in favor of passing a U.S. Postal…
20 viewsSeveral senators spoke on the chamber floor about the House-passed U.S. Postal Service legislation. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rick Scott (R-FL) outlined their amendments to the bill, but…
53 viewsA bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) held a news conference on Senate approval of a $107 billion House-passed bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.
252 viewsThe Senate passed legislation to overhaul U.S. Postal Service delivery operations and finances including the retiree health benefits for all current and retired employees. Members also voted to…
View in Congressional Chronicle851 viewsMajority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about Republicans blocking the Postal Service reform bill the previous evening. Senator Schumer said they will get bipartisan Postal Service reform…
30 viewsThis 1922 Ford Motor Company educational film shows how mail is processed and delivered. According to the National Archives, the original Ford catalog description opens with this sentence: “Uncle Sam’s…
331 viewsHistorian and author Cameron Blevins explained how a national network of some 100,000 post offices transformed the American West in the mid to late 19th century. Southern Methodist…
142 viewsWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the Biden administration’s legislative agenda. She answered several questions on President Biden’s speech from earlier in the day marking the…
2,513 viewsAmy Sohn looked at the life of 19th century U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock, who used his position to promote morality laws that included the 1873 Comstock laws that prohibited the shipment of…
481 viewsThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Biden’s nominees for deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management…
1,157 viewsTammy Whitcomb, inspector general of the U.S. Postal Service, testified on her office’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services…
1,012 viewsThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Kiran Ahuja as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and for Anton Hajjar,…
2,514 viewsSenator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a news conference with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) on the postal banking pilot…
208 viewsKevin Kosar talked about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ten-year strategic and business plans for the U.S. Postal Service.
306 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy testified at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Postal Service. Mr. DeJoy told committee members he would give himself an “A” for his performance,…
2,117 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy and other U.S. Postal Service officials testified on proposals to improve the finances, operations and services of the U.S. Postal Service before the House Oversight and Reform…
6,815 viewsEric Katz talked about the previous day’s hearing on the state of the U.S. Postal Service in terms of its fiscal health and persistent service delays.
295 viewsScholars discussed the role of the western press during the Civil War. They talked about the divide between pro-Union and secessionist papers west of the Mississippi River as well as the…
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