On March 22, Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Heide Heitkamp (D-ND), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced the bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act of 2018, titled “Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency.” The legislation is a comprehensive reform bill that would put the Postal Service on firm financial footing by providing much needed financial … Read more
On the first day Congress convened the new 115th Congress, 1st Session, Congressman Graves and Congressman Connolly introduced H. Res. 15, a resolution expressing the sense of the House that the Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service. The same resolution in the 114th Congress, … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives of the Illinois Rural Letter Carriers’ Association went to Washington, D.C., near the end of May to meet with legislators from Illinois. According to Larry Pratt of Macomb, past president of the ILRLCA, he and President Lisa Grubar met with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap). At the time of the meeting, Pratt … Read more