Postmaster general: No closing frenzy after May 15
"... The Postal Service, which has lost billions of dollars in recent years, could move forward with shuttering mail processing centers after May 15 and before the agency pauses its consolidation efforts later this year, Donahoe added. ..." 
Source: thehill.com
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Senator Joe Manchin attempts to save the Postal Service others play politics as usual
Senate passes postal bill that would end Saturday mail
"...amendment that would have extended for two years the moratorium on closings. His amendment failed to obtain the needed 60 votes on Wednesday, and he voted against the final bill. "Without the inclusion of a two-year moratorium, I will not support the final passage of the Postal Reform bill," Manchin ..."
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
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Is Congress killing the USPS?
"... this appears as if some in Congress are actually trying to destroy the postal service. Heaven help us if they succeed and we try to use one of the other carriers to get a letter to someone in rural..."
Source: www.timescall.com
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Senate seeks to salvage U.S. Postal Service
"... Left out of the bill was a proposal to raise the price of a first-class postage stamp by 5 cents, to 50 cents, to help pay for the added cost of keeping low-performing post offices and mail processing centers open...."
Source: www.cbsnews.com
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