Senator Reid Joins Effort to Stop USPS from Closing Mail Processing Centers; Increases Odds for Debate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has joined an effort to block the U.S. Postal Service from closing dozens of processing centers, increasing the odds of a congressional debate over postal operations this month.

Reid joined a letter sent last month by 50 other senators urging senior Senate appropriators to include a one-year moratorium on postal closures in any stopgap deal to fund the government.

Reid’s backing of the efforts to stop the shuttering of mail processing facilities adds another wrinkle to those negotiations.