"...A draft postal reform bill from the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee supports ending Saturday mail delivery and would modify how the agency pre-funds retiree health-care payments that now threaten to sink the agency into financial insolvency.
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released the proposed legislation as a "discussion draft" to gather comments on the bill before it's formally introduced, according to a notice on the committee's website.
Congressional postal reform efforts have remained dormant so far this year, even as the Postal Service's financial outlook has worsened.
The draft bill puts a stamp of approval on the Postal Service's plans to end first-class mail delivery on Saturdays while retaining package delivery, which the agency estimates will save as much as $2 billion a year..."
