Door-to-Door Mail Delivery May Be at Risk

Currently, 37 million American homes and businesses get mail delivered at the doors. Now, about 15 million of them are at risk of losing home delivery, if House Republicans have their way. It will only affect homes that get deliveries at mailboxes or mail slots at the door, not those that have a mailbox at the end of their driveways.

Delivering mail is the agency's largest fixed cost—$30 billion. Ending all door deliveries would save $4.5 billion a year. That's more than the agency would save from ending Saturday mail service, according to government reports.