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A GOP lawmaker sparred with the US postmaster general during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. The debate happened on Tuesday, December 10th 2024, when Louis DeJoy was ...
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga. covers his ears during a Dec. 10, 2024 meeting of the House Oversight Committee. He was pointing out that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was doing the same during a ...
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy covered his ears during a congressional hearing as Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) repeatedly pressed him on oversight of the Postal Service. McCormick during a House ...
The abrupt reversal from DeJoy, who is set to testify Friday before the Senate, comes as more than 20 states, from New York to California, announced they would be suing to stop the changes.
The 2020 United States Postal Service crisis was a series of events that caused backlogs and delays in the delivery of mail by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The crisis stems primarily from changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy shortly after taking office in June 2020.
Expand 2-day delivery radius for packages (from 6 to 8-hour drive time) and contract for letter mail (from 6-hours drive time or 280 miles, to 3-hour drive time or 140 miles) Longest-distance first class deliveries went from 3 days (previously 57% of volume) to 4 days (931 to 1,907 miles, 21% of volume) or 5 days (1,908 miles +, 10% of volume).
The bill had bipartisan support, passing the House 342-92 and the Senate 79-19. The National Association of Letter Carriers, another key representative of postal employees, has also praised the bill.
The Postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes until after the November election. Democrats had contended that the changes caused disruptions that threatened mail-in voting ...