Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Postal Service will be „election central“ as she recalled lawmakers to Washington in a highly unusual election year as millions of Americans are expected to opt for mail-in ballots.
WASHINGTON — The House is convening for a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions, poised to pass legislation that would reverse recent changes in U. S. Postal Service operations and send $25 billion in emergency funds to shore up the agency ahead of the November election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Postal Service will be „election central“ as she recalled lawmakers to Washington in a highly unusual election year as millions of Americans are expected to opt for mail-in ballots to avoid polling places during the coronavirus pandemic. The Postal Service is „under attack,“ said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N. Y., the chair of the Oversight Committee and the bill’s author, in the Democrats‘ weekly address. The daylong Saturday session comes as an uproar over mail interference puts the Postal Service at the center of the nation’s tumultuous election year, with Americans rallying around one of the nation’s oldest and more popular institutions. New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified Friday in the Senate that his „No.1 priority“ is to ensure election mail arrives on time.
