Government affairs

A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives has now cosponsored House Resolution 23, which expresses the sense that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers.

Following Memorial Day recess, lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill from their respective states and districts to continue work on fiscal year 2020 appropriations, to send the $19.1 billion disaster relief bill to the White House where it was signed into law, and for the House to pass legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the ‘Dreamers’ before it promptly died in the Senate following a statement from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

A bipartisan majority of the Senate has cosponsored Senate Resolution 99 (S. Res. 99), calling on Congress to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the Postal Service remain an independent agency of the federal government and not be subject to privatization, in whole or in part. 

Today, the President announced his intent to nominate Ashley Poling to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for the remainder of a six-year term expiring November 22, 2024.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) today approved by voice vote its fiscal year (FY) 2020 bill. 

Lawmakers were on Capitol Hill this week with House committees marking up appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020 and Senate committees focused on advancing nominees. 

Today, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) held a business meeting to advance the nominations of Ron A. Bloom and Roman Martinez IV to the Postal Board of Governors (BOG), and other nominees and legislation.

House and Senate lawmakers were on Capitol Hill this week to work on a number of different issues 

Reps. Stephen Lynch and David McKinley reintroduced the Postal Service Financial Improvement Act of 2019 

Rep. Jackie Speier and 12 bipartisan colleagues introduced the “USPS Shipping Equity Act”