Joint letter urges House leaders to prohibit Postal Service banking

CUNA joined other trade association in sending a letter to House leaders urging the adoption of Rep. Patrick McHenry’s (R-N.C.) amendment to the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill to prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from providing banking services. Joining CUNA in the letter addressed to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Minority…

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APWU Urges Obama to Veto Bill that Would Weaken Truck Safety

Web News Article #: 128-2016 06/22/2016 – The APWU is urging President Obama to veto an appropriations bill if it comes to his desk with a provision that would weaken truck safety regulations. As it is currently written, the appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation (H.R. 2577) includes a section that would block implementation…

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NALC: Six-day mail clears major hurdle

July 16, 2014—The full House of Representatives voted Wednesday to preserve six-day mail delivery appropriations language by passing H.R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The base bill was introduced last month without the six-day provision, which has been part of appropriations bills for decades. But following extensive…

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Issa’s Last Ditch Effort to Eliminate Saturday Mail Delivery Falls Short

(July 10, 2014) A Republican lawmaker made a final stand this week to strike down legislative language requiring mail delivery six days per week, but his efforts ultimately fell short. Rep. Darrell Issa., R-Calif., wrote a letter to the House Rules Committee stating an appropriations bill containing a rider on postal policy was outside the…

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APWU: House Committee Votes to Keep Saturday Mail Delivery

Web News Article #: 125-14 June 27, 2014 – The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a funding bill on June 25 that would prevent the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday mail delivery. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), received bipartisan support and easily passed a vote…

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