Postal Service

Post Haste: Why Reform of the US Postal Service is a Matter of Urgent National Concern

in Analysis, Budget & Appropriations, Federal Legislation, Legislative Oversight

President Trump has been antagonistic to the United States Postal Service since the early days of his administration. In his plan for government reorganization, he called for the privatization of the post office. He has tweeted that the post office should charge Amazon more to deliver packages. Most recently, he has threatened to veto COVID-19 […]

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The U.S. Postal Service is Staying Alive (for now)

in Analysis, Federal Legislation, Legislative Oversight

During the Spring, President Trump has brought to the spotlight a little-discussed, quite unsexy policy dilemma: how to save the U.S. Postal Service. In a series of Tweets, the President accused Amazon of unfairly taking advantage of the U.S. Postal Service. The first of these Tweets appeared on his Twitter feed on March 29th, and […]

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