Senate Nears Passage of Bill Reforming U.S. Postal Service

The Senate is set to resume consideration Wednesday of a bill overhauling the U.S. Postal Service after agreeing to change the bill to set limits on when and how the agency could close small rural post offices. Senators are considering 39 amendments to the massive bipartisan bill.

Among the changes approved Tuesday, senators agreed to strengthen the appeals process for customers opposed to closing a post office; to force USPS to wait until after Election Day to close postal facilities in states that permit voting by mail; and to permit the Postal Service to co-locate post offices in government-owned buildings to