Senate Panel Advances Biden's Postal Service Nominees

[FelineOverlord]

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[ananda]

1. This can't happen too soon.

Get DeJoy outa there!

[Celerity]

4. Postal Board Nears Democratic Majority That Might Keep DeJoy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-28/postal-board-nears-democratic-majority-that-might-keep-dejoy

The Senate advanced on Wednesday three Biden nominees for the U.S. Postal Service board who would form a Democratic majority, but it’s no longer clear they would push to dismiss Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Both incumbent Democratic board members including Chairman Ron Bloom have expressed support for DeJoy, whose restructuring of the service has drawn widespread criticism.

Bloom in February told House lawmakers that “the board of governors believes that the Postmaster General in very difficult circumstances is doing a good job.” He told The Atlantic magazine for an article published April 21 that DeJoy “earned my support.” It would be a stunning turnabout for a former Trump donor whose replacement was urged in a letter last month signed by 50 lawmakers, and had been accused of letting service slow during an election that drew a surge in mail-in voting.

Bloom’s comments “do not seem to be the actions of a guy who would move take out DeJoy,” said Michael Plunkett, president of PostCom, a trade group for companies that are Postal Service customers. “I just don’t see it.” Paul Steidler, a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute, agreed. “You can bet the ranch on it,” Steidler said in an interview. “There is absolutely no evidence they are going to vote to remove Louis DeJoy.”

[Escurumbele]

6. Then why nominate there people? The idea is to get DeJoy out

I don't get it...

[Celerity]

7. There were openings, so Biden is nominating people to fill them. I have no idea why the Dems do not

want to boot him. It is bollocks IMHO, he needs to go, go, go.

[hurple]

9. Agreed

Let's flood the postal service board with angry letters demanding they oust the SOB.

😁

[kirkuchiyo]

10. Let's be honest here,

they would never be delivered...

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. Bloom's term is up at the end of this year, as is one of the Republicans...

So Biden can fill the Democratic vacancy and leave the GOP one empty.

[Celerity]

24. watch Manchin say that if Biden doesn't fill the Rethug seat he will block the Dem nominee

gotta have that Joe-approved bi-partisanship

[Fiendish Thingy]

25. Senator Jim Crow Joe can go Fuck himself. Nt

[liberalla]

2. Yay!!!

This is of utmost interest to me, and I'm sure I'm not alone!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

3. Yesss, lets get dejoyless out!

Well, at least demoted to something like janitor of a post office somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

[Celerity]

5. likely is not going to happen, gggrrrr

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215385446#post4

[secondwind]

18. This cannot be!!!

[George II]

8. This would be a done deal and DeJoy may never have been in place were it not for a single Senator.

[turbinetree]

11. The majority voted to have DeJoy removed...

[peppertree]

12. De JAIL for DeJoy

Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

[ananda]

13. Very nice ring!

And put him in DeJail.

[turbinetree]

14. Agreed .......................

81 million "citizens" voted to have this cretin removed and De Jail needs to have the keys thrown away he messed with people to have voice in this democracy by using our mail system ...

[lagomorph777]

16. Toss DeJerk in DeJoint!

[Celerity]

15. Biden's USPS board nominees aren't likely to oust embattled postmaster DeJoy, insiders say

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bidens-usps-board-nominees-oust-embattled-postmaster-dejoy/story?id=77217311

Critics of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hoped Thursday's confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden's three nominees to the U.S. Postal Service's governing board would mark the beginning of the end for the embattled mail chief.

But even if Biden's picks are approved by the Senate, industry insiders suspect the board is unlikely to have enough votes to oust DeJoy, in part because its chairman -- Ron Bloom, a Trump-appointed Democrat -- has recently expressed strong support for the postmaster general. "Right now, I think [DeJoy] is the proper man for the job," Bloom told The Atlantic this week. "He's earned my support, and he will have it until he doesn't. And I have no particular reason to believe he will lose it."

Tapped to lead the Postal Service last summer, DeJoy's tumultuous tenure has been marked by intense partisan scrutiny and an ill-fated reform effort that slowed mail service ahead of the 2020 election. Last month, DeJoy formally unveiled a controversial 10-year plan that would cut costs and lengthen delivery times, prompting renewed calls from Democrats for his dismissal.

Despite the sustained scrutiny of DeJoy, Bloom told lawmakers in February that "the board of governors believes the postmaster general, in very difficult circumstances, is doing a good job." Bloom, a former Obama administration official, has also taken on a key role in selling DeJoy's 10-year plan to Congress and other postal stakeholders. "The current governors selected DeJoy, and given Chairman Bloom's recent hearing appearance, it looks like [DeJoy] still has very solid support there," Michael Plunkett, the president of PostCom, an alliance of postal consumers, told ABC News.

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[Kingofalldems]

17. How many times are you going to post that in this thread?

3 times in the same thread. Hmmm.

[bif]

21. I guess we need to see it four times before it sinks in.

[Celerity]

26. different article, & the poster claimed a majority already voted to remove DeJoy, which didnt happen

[monkeyman1]

19. THIS SUCK'S ,I'M A VET & HE FUCK'S WITH OUR MED'S. GET FAT BOY OUT -NOW

[Kingofalldems]

20. Kick and rec for the Trump wins crowd.

Just the beginning of the PMG's removal. It will happen.

[OnDoutside]

23. Tick tock, tick tock.....