Your Congress at work
Congress may not have had the time to pass the bills required to fund the federal government this fiscal year, but maybe that’s because they were hard at work solving some far more pressing issues- here are a couple of items they dealt with in the Postal Reform Act passed Friday night:
“Not later than September 30, 2007, the United States Postal Service shall assign a single, unified ZIP code to serve, as nearly as practicable, each of the following communities:
(1) Auburn Township, Ohio.
(2) Hanahan, South Carolina.
(3) Bradbury, California.
(4) Discovery Bay, California.”
And, on an issue that is surely second only to the War On Terror® in the minds of Americans, the act requires:
“Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Postal Service shall provide the same window service hours for the Fairport Harbor Branch of the United States Post Office in Painesville, Ohio, as were in effect as of December 1, 2005.”
December 11th, 2006 00:05
Although these items may seem trivial, to some they matter greatly. The major issues that the bill addressed will geatly affect millions of people in the mailing and shipping industry. Postal reform was long overdue and has been a political issue long before the “War On Terror®” began.
December 11th, 2006 16:37
these are great little examples of POLITICIANS are out of control…. here USPS, live within inflation rates regardless of growing network and dwindling first class…. and oh by the way, do these SPECIAL EXPENSIVE THINGS so I can ass kiss my consituants.
December 12th, 2006 21:38
The Walmartization of the USPS has begun in earnest.
May 2nd, 2007 20:20
[...] to the Postal News Blog for alerting me to this [...]