The bill is still being finalized, top Democrats told members during the caucus call, but will include a version of the rape. Carolyn Maloney’s Deliverance to America Act, which would prohibit recent USPS operational changes, has been slowed by the Trump administration’s mail service. Country.
The bill would also include an initial $ 25 billion demand for Democrats’ postal service, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told the members that the committee’s final bill is likely to come on Tuesday.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee also announced Monday afternoon that Postmaster General Luis Dejoy would testify next week amid allegations that the Trump administration is deliberately disrupting the Postal Service in an effort to prevent mail-in voting during the epidemic.
Democrats have alleged that the new policies are aimed at mailing in before the November election. President Donald Trump’s aide and donor, Dejoy, has denied these claims, stating that the change is intended to save money in the USPS amid a dire financial situation.
“The Postal Service is a pillar of our democracy, enshrined in the Constitution and required to provide critical services: distributing leaflets, social security benefits, salaries, tax returns and absentee ballots to millions of Americans, including our remote communities.” “In a letter to the Pelosi members. “Across the country, we see the devastating impact of the presidential campaign by altering the Postal Service to woo voters.”
Since negotiations with Democrats over a comprehensive coronovirus relief package, the White House has signed a tentative $ 10 billion settlement for the postal service, people say. But administration officials are opposed to a USPS-specific bill such that a Democrat is prepared to propose – and said that any operational changes made by the Postmaster General have been made keeping in mind the finances of the Postal Service only .
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday called for USPS funding to be wrapped up as a measure, along with other pieces of relief negotiations, where the two sides agree, including another round of direct payments to Americans. Are included.
“We’ll sign it,” he said.
Meadows said that it is unlikely that Democrats would agree with that approach, arguing that they would “use the USPS bill as a political tool rather than a legislative tool.”
“The president is very clear that he is ready to provide money for the post office unless it is involved in another skinny measure if we cannot agree to a big deal,” Meadow told reporters.
CNN’s Sarah Westwood and Ellie Kaufman contributed to this report.
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