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PoindexterOglethorpe

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28. Perhaps it finally dawned on them that the problems with the Postal Service

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:33 PM

Mar 2022

affected them every bit as much as everyone else.

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Postal! [View all] cilla4progress Mar 2022 OP

I wonder why the Senate is MontanaMama Mar 2022 #1

I know... cilla4progress Mar 2022 #2

It could persist but I won't hold my breath. I'd feel lots better if all the reTHUG Fascists abqtommy Mar 2022 #4

Does this mean the end of DeJoy? nt SheilaAnn Mar 2022 #6

Maybe the beginning of the end of that fuck face. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #7

What stimulus check? I wasn't aware there was another in the pipeline. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #27

This was the 2nd of the 3 from last year! BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #29

Ahh, thank you for that clarification. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #33

Since the USPS was responsible for the lost check BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #34

Darn. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #40

Hard to say, apparently he supported the bill. Hoyt Mar 2022 #10

I don't think so. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #44

They got what they wanted, thanks to manchin & sinema FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #24

Two possibilities: lastlib Mar 2022 #51

Maybe the GOP is hoping for brownie points as more info comes out about their Russian connections? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #3

That's sort of what I thought in reverse... forgotmylogin Mar 2022 #25

Yes that fits too, no time for their usual crapola. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #26

When can they get rid of DeJoy? Bev54 Mar 2022 #5

I was passing by CSPAN this morning and heard Kansas Sen Moran rurallib Mar 2022 #8

Does that mean we get rid of DeJoy? dhol82 Mar 2022 #9

We're all dreaming about that one. calimary Mar 2022 #11

So true. dhol82 Mar 2022 #13

as a certain starship captain would say,,"make it so". and i would add please, prety please . AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #20

This cilla4progress Mar 2022 #12

YES! Ending the Bush-era bankruptcy plan is what I wanted to hear! Rejoice! Hekate Mar 2022 #21

You realize that the 2006 bill passed unanimously too MichMan Mar 2022 #32

Excellent! niyad Mar 2022 #14

H.R.3076 - POSTAL SERVICE REFORM ACT OF 2022 IronLionZion Mar 2022 #15

Non-Postal activities... Whatthe_Firetruck Mar 2022 #19

Bernie Sanders suggested it IronLionZion Mar 2022 #37

Hmmm that does not sound like republicans, to pass a bill like that. Mr. Sparkle Mar 2022 #16

Perhaps it finally dawned on them that the problems with the Postal Service PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #28

The rural areas MUST have a functioning Postal System FakeNoose Mar 2022 #38

I've lived rural my entire life... MiHale Mar 2022 #43

What? No punchline? dchill Mar 2022 #17

yay. AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #18

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2022 #22

This ... left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #23

K&R spanone Mar 2022 #30

Time to send Louis on a DeJoyride Blue Owl Mar 2022 #31

And BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #36

Thank God!!!! Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #35

Yes Magoo48 Mar 2022 #39

I'm SO glad this has passed! It's replacing a totally rotten law that Susan Collins BComplex Mar 2022 #41

Does it end the former requirement to pre-fund the employee pension fund for 75 years in the future? TheRickles Mar 2022 #42

All news stories I've read have ignored that item. LogicFirst Mar 2022 #47

That was never the reason for the deficit. former9thward Mar 2022 #52

Do you have a link for that? I've read numerous articles in recent years attributing their deficit TheRickles Mar 2022 #54

Here is a summary and link. former9thward Mar 2022 #55

Thank you! Appreciate the legwork in tracking this down. TheRickles Mar 2022 #56

Final vote was 79-19. BlueCheeseAgain Mar 2022 #45

The Senate likes this Bill because it puts US postal retirees on medicare, saving the USPS LogicFirst Mar 2022 #46

Does it prohibit Postal Banking? I heard Toomey inserted that provision /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #48

The bill that passed the Senate was jointly drafted by both and passed by the House first BumRushDaShow Mar 2022 #49

You always have all the answers! bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #50

Thanks!! Retired fed. lol BumRushDaShow Mar 2022 #53