Postal Service Reform Finds New Life on Capitol Hill

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has plans of its own to try and reduce the record-breaking losses that continue to rack up every year. It announced plans earlier this year to end Saturday delivery of mail, which it says it can do without Congressional approval. If USPS continues with its plan, Saturday delivery would end on Aug. 5.

Rep. Blake Farenthold supports the Postal Service's desire to halt Saturday delivery. "I don't understand why the Saturday delivery [plan] isn't a no brainer...The big argument against not delivering on Saturday was how do people who work Monday through Friday get their medications