Advocates and politicians laud the stirrings of a postal banking system, but want to see rapid expansion.
Louis DeJoy
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USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program
The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card.
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Maloney Yanks DeJoy-Friendly Provision From Postal Bill After Union Complains
A provision that would have allowed the U.S. Postal Service to set its own delivery standards is removed, but penalties for noncompliance with targets are also gone.
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Letter Carriers’ Union and Congressional Democrats Clash Over Louis DeJoy
House Democrats want the entire Postal Service board fired so their successors can remove DeJoy. The National Association of Letter Carriers privately opposed them.
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First 100: Biden Infrastructure Plan Would Electrify the Postal Fleet
But the USPS is already moving to upgrade its vehicles without making them fully electric.
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Trump Appointees Are Sabotaging Biden’s Stimulus Checks
Will he let them sabotage Social Security as well?
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First 100: Postal Transformation Plan Has Democratic Board Support
Plus, let’s get real, there doesn’t look to be any action forthcoming on gun violence.
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First 100: Top House Democrat Working With Louis DeJoy on Reform Legislation, For Some Reason
Plus, it looks like the end for Neera Tanden.
Posted inPolitics
Return to Sender
President Biden should replace Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, but first he must fill open seats on the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors.
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The Trump Holdovers Biden Still Needs to Fire
If President Biden wants to keep making progress, he’s going to have to remove these officials.