{"id":42592,"date":"2022-02-11T07:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=42592"},"modified":"2022-02-11T07:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:08:03","slug":"postal-service-reform-act-passes-house-moves-onto-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/postal-service-reform-act-passes-house-moves-onto-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Postal Service Reform Act Passes House, Moves Onto Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/senator-gillibrand-praising-u-s-postal-service-pilot-banking-program\/usps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?fit=985%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"985,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USPS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?fit=985%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-40484\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?resize=376%2C211&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?w=985&amp;ssl=1 985w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/USPS.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The <strong>House of Representatives<\/strong> has passed a bipartisan <strong>Postal Service Reform Act of 2022<\/strong> that would overhaul the agency&#8217;s finances and allow it to modernize.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman <strong>Tom Reed<\/strong>, who voted in favor of the bill, said the reforms proposed by the Post Master General will go a long way in stabilizing the Post Office, &#8220;Making sure they&#8217;re pre-funding requirements with their retirement obligations is taken care of. Making sure that through Medicare and a transition policy for their retiree benefits exposure are taking care of in a way that allow them to manage the Post Office&#8217;s liabilities and future liabilities in a way that allows the Post Office a ten-year window, essentially, to get their fiscal house in order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>House Oversight Committee<\/strong> said these measures would save the agency nearly $50 billion over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads to the <strong>Senate<\/strong>, where Majority Leader <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong> has vowed to take up the long-sought legislation before the end of next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 that would overhaul the agency&#8217;s finances and allow it to modernize. 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