{"id":21422,"date":"2014-01-02T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21422"},"modified":"2014-01-02T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T21:14:12","slug":"a-short-and-sensible-piece-of-legislation-from-the-house-of-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21422","title":{"rendered":"A Short And Sensible Piece Of Legislation From The House Of Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The website of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform<\/a> posted an article today about a bill introduced into the House of Representatives<\/a> by Committee Chairman<\/a> Darrell Issa<\/a> (R-Calif.<\/a>) that would implement a modified six-day delivery schedule for the U. S.<\/a> Postal Service and repeal reductions in military pensions made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis legislation will restore Cost-of-Living<\/a> Adjustments for our military retirees and not only replace the savings but nearly triple them\u2013 saving $17 billion over 10 years according to conservative USPS<\/a> estimates,\u201d said Chairman Issa. \u00a0\u201cThis common sense reform will help restore the cash-strapped Postal Service to long-term solvency and is supported by the President<\/a> and key Congressional<\/a> leaders in both chambers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

USPS is forced to deliver paper mail, like bills and advertisements, six days a week by an unfunded mandate<\/a> included in annual appropriations legislation. If the mandate is lifted, the Postmaster General has announced that USPS would modify its current delivery schedule to deliver packages 6 days a week and paper mail 5 days a week. Express and priority mail delivery would not change, and post offices would remain open on Saturdays.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chairman Issa recently outlined the benefits of ending the unfunded mandate in a letter<\/a> to House Appropriations Committee<\/a> Chairman Hal Rogers<\/a> (R-Ky.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The text of the bill can be found at Congress.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank\u00a0 you, Representative Issa.<\/p>\n

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