Issas Last Ditch Effort to Eliminate Saturday Mail Delivery Falls Short A Republican lawmaker made a final stand this week to strike down legislative language requiring mail delivery six days per week, but his efforts ultimately fell short. Rep. Darrell Issa., R-Calif., wrote a letter to the House Rules Committee stating an appropriations bill containing a rider on postal policy was outside the parameters of the chamber’s guidelines. Issa said the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he chairs, has sole jurisdiction to create postal legislation. In issuing the rules for debate and voting on the bill, however, Sessions’ committee took a waiver on the point of order, allowing the six-day mandate to stand. “Rep. Issa’s complaint would be comical if it wasn’t such a serious attack on the people’s Postal Service,” APWU Legislative and Political Director John Marcotte said. “The hypocrisy is stunning but not unusual for Mr. Issa.” govexec/oversight/2014/07/issas-last-ditch-effort-eliminate-saturday-mail-delivery-falls-short/88435/?oref=dropdown
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:50:06 +0000
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