NALC: Six-day mail clears major hurdle

Posted on July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 by 21cpw

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…

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

Posted on July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 by 21cpw

(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…