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USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks. Here’s What Experts Say Is Wrong With That.

Jacob Bogage and Anna Phillips / Washington Post

February 23, 2022

The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks, defying Biden administration officials’ objections that the multibillion-dollar contract would undercut the nation’s climate goals. 10 steps you can take to lower your carbon footprint Postmaster General Louis DeJoy disregarded requests from the White House Council...

Congress Says The Check Is In The Mail

Editorial Board / The Wall Street Journal

February 17, 2022

Congress is already congratulating itself on a bipartisan “reform” of the U.S. Postal Service. The House bill passed 342-92 this month, and it has good prospects in the Senate. Too bad this legislation is an accounting shuffle that’s comic in how much it misses the point. The USPS has lost money...

A Glimmer Of Hope For Common-Sense, Bipartisan Policymaking

Editorial Board / Washington Post

Much has been said about Congress’s failure to pass voting rights reform and the bulk of President Biden’s agenda in the Build Back Better Act. But at least one piece of common-sense, bipartisan policymaking is moving forward: the Postal Service Reform Act, which passed the House 342 to 92 last...

Chuck Schumer Announces Senate Vote On $50 Billion USPS Upgrades

Reuven Fenton and Sam Raskin / New York Post

February 13, 2022

Federal legislation dedicating tens of billions in funding over the next ten years to the chronically cash-strapped US Postal Service will get a Senate vote Monday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. The Senate vote Monday evening will come after on Tuesday the House by a wide margin approved the equivalent...

House Passes Bill To Ease Postal Service Woes

Nicholas Wu and Hailey Fuchs / Politico

February 8, 2022

Long-awaited legislation overhauling the Postal Service’s finances and operations sailed through the House Tuesday. The bipartisan legislation passed the chamber in a 342-92 vote, despite controversy over the head of the Postal Service that had threatened to tank Republican support for the legislation. Read the full article here....

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USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks. Here’s What Experts Say Is Wrong With That.

Congress Says The Check Is In The Mail

A Glimmer Of Hope For Common-Sense, Bipartisan Policymaking

Chuck Schumer Announces Senate Vote On $50 Billion USPS Upgrades

House Passes Bill To Ease Postal Service Woes