House passes $25B bill to fund USPS, block operational changes – By Sommer Brokaw & Jean Lotus (UPI) / Aug 22 2020
Aug. 22 (UPI) — The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill to provide $25 billion in funding for the U.S. Postal Service and block operational changes amid a mail-in voting controversy.
House Democratic leaders called the chamber back to Washington, D.C., to vote on USPS’ request for $25 billion in funding amid increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the “Delivering for America Act,” which bans any operational changes this year that slow down the mail-in voting process.
The USPS often treated election ballots as first-class mail in years past regardless of the postage, meaning it gets delivered faster. But the agency was planning to treat such mail differently this year, according to documents obtained by CNN.
Though Postmaster General Louis DeJoy declined to specifically address this plan, he told Congress on Friday that the USPS plans to keep established mail practices in place until after the election.
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