House passes $25B bill to boost Postal Service

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The House on Saturday passed legislation that would prevent the U.S. Postal Service from making any changes to its operations that could slow delivery of mailed-in ballots for this fall’s elections.

The bill passed largely along party lines, 257-150, with 26 Republicans bucking party leaders to support it.

The rare Saturday vote came after Postmaster General Louis DeJoyannounced earlier this week that he would suspend cost-cutting measuresuntil after the November elections.  Continue reading.