The House passes a major financial overhaul of the USPS

[FelineOverlord]

Link to tweet

[LakeArenal]

1. Yay. No needed

[DeeDeeNY]

2. DeJoy still has to go

[ancianita]

29. Yep, they need to overhaul him out the door.

[NurseJackie]

55. Ha! WELL STATED!!

That's perfect!!

[lagomorph777]

58. Overhaul him to DeJail.

[ancianita]

60. Dat's de trooth.

[FelineOverlord]

3. The House passes a major financial overhaul of the USPS

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Cha]

8. Wow Rt TY! I remember when I

was worried about it even existing when TFCG was throwing his damn self around.

I love that.. ".. the House Strikes Back at dejoy"!

[PoliticAverse]

16. DeJoy was a major proponent of this bill. n/t

[wryter2000]

61. Wonderful

Eat that, DeJoy. I wonder if this will pass the Senate. Lots of Republicans voted for it in the House.

[MadameButterfly]

68. I think that would be a major victory for Dems so

I suppose the Senate Republicans will have to vote against it. It will be up to Manchin and Synema's donors.

[wryter2000]

72. Welcome to DU

I must admit that is one opera I can't watch because of what Pinkerton does to Butterfly. I can watch Rigoletto, which is an abomination in the treatment Gilda gets, but watching Butterfly acting so obsequious toward him knowing what was going to happen was just too much. So many operas are powered by mistreatment of women. Sigh.

Of course, The Barber of Seville is another matter entirely.

[MadameButterfly]

73. Yes, the opera is sad but

to me the name recalls my butterfly garden which is doing it's part to support butterfly populations including some endangered ones.

Thank you for the welcome.

[dem4decades]

4. With Republican votes, go USPS!

[underpants]

5. Good. 👍

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Does that mean the USPS no longer would have to pre-fund the retirement of

unborn postal employees?


Hope so!!!

Update: Found WAPO story about it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/08/usps-dejoy-congress-reform/

[70sEraVet]

9. Yes!

"The legislation makes bipartisan, common-sense provisions that will welcome all future postal retirees into Medicare, free U.S. Postal Service from the unnecessary requirement to prefund retiree health benefits 75 years in advance and – we call that a financial albatross – and improve USPS reliability with new transparency measures that will help ensure consistent, on-time mail delivery. ”

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/02/08/house-strikes-back-at-louis-dejoy-by-passing-bill-to-strengthen-usps.html

[ms liberty]

18. Good to hear. n/t

[hay rick]

40. The healthcare pre-funding requirement was the anchor the Republicans threw at a drowning man.

It was passed by a lame duck congress in 2004 and signed by GWB. Fred Smith, founder of FedEx, was a Bush fraternity brother.

[electric_blue68]

51. Oh, wow! I was horrified when that was passed bc I figured it would eventually gut the USPS

[a kennedy]

31. I NEVER understood why this would even be considered......damn.

I have never heard of ANY other company EVER doing that.

[niyad]

54. It was done to destroy the USPS, and privatize it.

[Yoyoyo77]

67. Yes!!! it does!!!!

[Cha]

7. Rt TY! This will PISS OFF the

Fascist Nazi Faction.

[srose58089]

10. Article from NYT link

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/politics/postal-service-overhaul-house.html

no paywall encountered for this article but a few "paragraphs"

"

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday approved the most significant overhaul of the Postal Service in nearly two decades, seeking to address the beleaguered agency’s financial woes and counter pandemic-era mail delays that became a flash point in the 2020 elections.

The service has teetered on the brink of insolvency for years, as repeated efforts to revamp its structure and finances have stalled in Congress. In 2020, a slowdown of mail delivery and a series of operational changes ahead of the election, in which a record number of votes were cast by mail because of the pandemic, prompted intense scrutiny and helped set off a renewed effort to address the agency’s troubles.

The House approved the measure 342 to 92.

A companion bill in the evenly divided Senate has bipartisan backing, including more than a dozen Republican co-sponsors, signaling sufficient support for the measure to move through that chamber and become law."

[Hortensis]

42. Thanks for the status in the senate, srose.

[KS Toronado]

56. Thanks for that info.

[Yorkie Mom]

64. Thank you!

[iemanja]

11. I hope it can pass the senate too

[hedda_foil]

12. Wow! Look at all those Republican votes!

[blm]

25. Oy

[brer cat]

13. Great!

[Wounded Bear]

14. Good news! nt

[PoliticAverse]

15. Major victory for DeJoy. n/t

[ancianita]

30. Nah, he's just tryin' to forestall losing his job.

[Hekate]

17. Some good news about the PO for a change?

[spanone]

19. K&R

[nitpicker]

20. Link to The Hill

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/593399-house-passes-bill-to-reform-postal-service-operations

[BlueIdaho]

21. I'll start celebrating when they hand DeJoy his ass.

Until then our work is not done.

[calimary]

26. Exactly. We're not out of the woods until he is OUT of our Postal Service.

I can’t wait til he’s shown the door. It’ll be better for all of us. Although we’ll need to remember that there’ll be TONS of work needed to clean up the mess he deliberately made. That will take time, and I hope our folks keep reminding voters about that.

Gotta clear all the wreckage before we can rebuild. And Americans aren’t exactly patient people. Remind, remind, remind!!!

[BlueIdaho]

28. Very well said!

While I think the Biden administration has done a good job of rooting out TFGs many rats, there is still much work to do. DeJoy - being the ass he is - needs to be publicly frog marched out of his comfy office. When we are done with him, we still have a rat infestation to clean up.

[calimary]

37. Rat infestation is right!

Two-legged rats.

[former9thward]

38. He is not going anytime soon.

A new Chairman was elected in December by the Board of Governors. The vote was unanimous, including three Biden appointees. The new Chair supports DeJoy.

[BlueIdaho]

65. I just don't get it...

Why would democrats support any one who has done so much to disenfranchise voters?

[Yoyoyo77]

69. Biden also nominated 2 new board members.

Those members would be the deciding votes on the board, but they first have to be confirmed by congress.

[former9thward]

71. One of those two is a R, supports Trump.

Unlikely to remove DeJoy. Based on the vote for the new Chairman there is no evidence those two would be deciding votes anyway.

[DENVERPOPS]

33. And cancel DeJoy's company's

very profitable freight federal contracts that he rigged to make excessive profits from transporting U.S. Mail.......

[BlueIdaho]

36. X 1000

TFG and his GQP fellow travelers turned public service into an organized crime spree.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. Nope

There is no DeJoy company.
When XPO bought New Breed (the company that moron ran) he was shown the door & New Breed ceased to exist.
They were a small company & XPO assumed debt & paid cash. No stock swap.
An arcane bit of tax law allowed him to BUY stock in XPO to avoid taxation, but had to be 49% or less.
So, his share of the company amounted to just under $30 million, about $14.8 million in purchased XPO stock.
He holds under 0.2% of outstanding shares of their stock. He's nothing at XPO.
When they took over, there was no severance, no emeritus role, no VP spot, no consulting gig.
The moment they took over he was gone. They consider him useless.
He has ZERO influence at XPO, and those contracts you reference were renewals of contracts that were regular updated since the early 90s.
Those contracts provide long term stability, plus efficiency with a competent company & XPO getting them had hardly anything to do with DeJoy being on the USPS BoG.
Canceling them punishes people who did everything in the open & above board.

[lagomorph777]

59. He'll continue to sabotage USPS until he's in DeJail

[ificandream]

22. K&R

And yup ... throw DeJoy out.

[LoisB]

23. Yes to this!

nt

[nitpicker]

24. I'm sure some heard from their constituents over medicine delays

Today when I went in for an appointment, I spent the time and $$ to get my stuff in person rather than hoping the Merry Mail Manglers & Mislayers would get my refills to me on time.

[Tree Lady]

27. There are a few things everyone can agree on

We all like our mail service and want it to last. My mail people are wonderful, I felt so bad when covid first started I saw my mail lady sitting in her vehicle shaking and clinching the steering wheel like she was scared to death. Few weeks later I never saw her again, she must have retired early or gone out on stress leave.

[ancianita]

32. It sounds like a good move to campaign with, not the only accomplishment, but one that hits voters

directly -- besides covid vaccination success, the infrastructure bill, and the economy.

[TomSlick]

34. This is an important bill.

The current requirement for fully funding retirements was instituted by the GOP to bankrupt the USPS. Pass this bill - fire DeJoy - and save the USPS.

[former9thward]

39. Who is going to fire DeJoy?

DeJoy supported this bill.

[TomSlick]

41. It's OK that DeJoy supports the bill. Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and again.

DeJoy's future lies with the USPS Board of Governors. Last I heard, President Biden's nominees to the Board necessary to fire DeJoy have yet to be approved by the Senate.

[former9thward]

43. Three of Biden appointeeshave been approved and are on the Board of Governors.

They voted for the new DeJoy supporting Chairman in December.

[TomSlick]

45. But, three do not make a majority.

Until there is a majority of Biden appointees, DeJoy is safe.

[former9thward]

49. Why would they vote for a Chair that supports DeJoy?

[TomSlick]

50. I'm speculating but

it made a good show of being team players, interested only in working and playing well with others. That would make it clear to a vote to oust DeJoy is not partisan.

Besides which, it doesn't matter who chairs meetings. What is important is how the majority votes.

[Fla Dem]

35. Hooray! Much needed reform.

All the Dems voted for it, less than 1/2 of Republican Reps, 92.

[Hortensis]

44. So glad. I love our 245-yo postal service, and this rescue has been too long coming.

The USPS creamed the greedy opportunists who tried to destroy it, though. Everything they threw at it proved its resilience and value to our nation.

And now critical nationwide emergency relief delivery is being added to its services.

[MerryBlooms]

46. Outstanding! ❤

[NBachers]

47. Safeguarding and speeding up mail - in voting in 2022 and future elections.

[IronLionZion]

48. It's expected to have enough votes to pass the Senate too

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/08/usps-dejoy-congress-reform/

[lindysalsagal]

52. WAPO: Details: Stop the pre-funding of healthcare and bail them out

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/08/usps-dejoy-congress-reform/

The Postal Service is required to prepay its retirees’ health-care costs, a mandate instituted in 2006 when mail volume was steady and the agency was profitable. But decades of falling mail use have turned it into a perpetual financial loser, and the pre-funding requirement has accounted for $152.8 billion of its $206.4 billion in liabilities.

Tuesday’s legislation, advanced by leaders of both parties, wipes clean $57 billion of that amount, and will save the agency another $50 billion over the next decade. The bill installs new timely delivery transparency requirements for the Postal Service, which has struggled with on-time service since DeJoy took office, and allows the agency to contract with local, state and Indigenous governments to offer basic nonpostal services, such as hunting and fishing licenses.

The bill is the result of months of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, DeJoy and the Postal Service’s powerful unions.

The liberal wing of the House Democratic caucus had pushed Maloney (D-N.Y.) to pass a broader bill that included provisions to protect mail-in voting, funding for electric vehicles and restrictions on political campaign activities for the postmaster general and members of the agency’s governing board.

[Demovictory9]

53. k&r

[Johnny2X2X]

57. Excellent news!

Republicans targeted the USPS to break public unions and this makes the USPS solvent for the future. Great news for unions and workers.

[SWBTATTReg]

62. Good. And I do want to remember one most important thing in all of this, that the men

and women who walk the streets delivering the mail, work in the sorting centers (we have a few here in downtown STLMO), ship the mail between the vast geographic area that makes up the USA (and points across the entire globe), all who do this most important work for all of us.

Many of us depend on the mail being delivered to their mailboxes religiously. One of the most favorite images I have of
my father (gone now) is him walking down our long gravel driveway, followed in single file, by his pet turkeys, his two dogs, and his two cats) to get the mail out of the mailbox. Once the mail was grabbed, they would all turn around, in single file and walk back to the house.

A classic. I think I even have a picture/video of the whole event. Memories like this are a million bucks apiece.

[Orange Buffoon]

63. Looks like DeJoy not going anywhere soon.

Why the F did Biden appoint a Republican?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/23/22889471/postmaster-louis-dejoy-manages-to-hang-on-to-job-biden-ouster-editorial

[Rabrrrrrr]

70. And with a pretty big Republican backing, too!

Fuckers must have thought they were voting to destroy the USPS.

[bif]

74. Long overdue!

Excellent news!

[hippywife]

75. And a bi-partisan effort at that. Ha! nt

[Martin68]

76. Excellent!