Senators Cassidy and Sinema Release Bipartisan Paid Leave Proposal

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by 21cpw

Press Release – July 30, 2019 WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) today released the Cassidy-Sinema plan, Congress’ first bipartisan paid leave proposal for American families. The solution gives new parents the option to bring forward their recently increased Child Tax Credit (CTC) to receive a $5,000 benefit, giving them flexibility…

Connolly-Graves Reintroduce Legislation to Preserve 6-Day Postal Delivery

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by 21cpw

Washington, January 17, 2019 Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced a bipartisan House Resolution to preserve six-day mail delivery, including Saturday delivery, by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). H.Res. 54 expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the USPS should take all appropriate measures to preserve a vital component…

APWU: Postal Reform Legislation Introduced

Posted on February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 12-2017 02/01/2017 – On January 31, 2017, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders introduced The Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, H.R. 756. Currently, the APWU Legislative & Political Department is reviewing the legislation with APWU leadership. “We are encourage by the bipartisan nature of the bill,” said President…

Bipartisan Senators Join Bill to Stabilize, Modernize U.S. Postal Service

Posted on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 by 21cpw

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 WASHINGTON – Today, a bipartisan group of senators joined the effort to fix the serious, but solvable challenges facing the U.S. Postal Service. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) joined Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as sponsors…

United States Post Office: Senators Call for Moratorium on Facility Closures

Posted on August 14, 2014August 15, 2014 by 21cpw

A bipartisan group of 50 senators urged appropriators Thursday to include a provision in year-end, catchall spending legislation that would prevent the U.S. Post Office from closing more mail-processing facilities in the next fiscal year. “This one-year moratorium will give Congress the time it needs to enact the comprehensive postal reforms that are necessary for…

Another fight in Congress looms over Saturday mail delivery

Posted on July 6, 2014July 6, 2014 by 21cpw

(July 6, 2014) Congressional efforts to revamp the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service have run into a longtime roadblock – Saturday mail delivery. Top Republicans like House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and the Postal Service’s own executives say rolling back six-day letter delivery is crucial to the agency’s fiscal health – saving an average of…