Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the US Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the US Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency ahead of the election. Ms Pelosi is cutting short lawmakers‘ summer recess, with a vote expected on Saturday on legislation that would prohibit changes at the agency. President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has sparked public outcry over delays, new prices and cutbacks just as millions of Americans will be trying to vote by mail. „In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,“ Ms Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues. „Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are under threat from the president.“ The decision to recall the House, made after a weekend of high-level discussions, carries a political punch.
