"...The U.S. Senate moved Tuesday to consider legislation that would fundamentally reshape the U.S. Postal Service as the struggling agency nears the end of a self-imposed moratorium on closing post offices and processing facilities.
Senators voted 74 to 22 to proceed to debate on the bill, with less than a month left until postal officials say they plan to begin closing hundreds of post offices and processing facilities. Congress requested that USPS wait to close facilities until mid-May so that lawmakers could pass legislation to help USPS save about $22.5 billion by 2016 by curtailing delivery services, closing facilities and offering buyouts to hundreds of thousands of workers..."
Senators voted 74 to 22 to proceed to debate on the bill, with less than a month left until postal officials say they plan to begin closing hundreds of post offices and processing facilities. Congress requested that USPS wait to close facilities until mid-May so that lawmakers could pass legislation to help USPS save about $22.5 billion by 2016 by curtailing delivery services, closing facilities and offering buyouts to hundreds of thousands of workers..."
