Ryan W. Miller
One of its stamps lasts forever, but the future of the U.S. Postal Service? Less clear.
The "Forever" stamp turns 10 years old in March. That's about how long the postal service has faced declining mail volumes and a growing mountain of debt. Mail volume is now at a 29-year low, and for the past 10 years, USPS recorded annual losses as high as $15.9 billion. Last… Read more »
Joe Davidson
Leave it to Donald Trump to bring a cold front to Washington’s warm winter.
His plan to cut $54 billion in domestic discretionary spending could make his hiring freeze look like a sunny day. Yet the president’s budget plans are so vague at this point, federal employees don’t know how to dress.
They should prepare for the worst. Taxpayers too.
“I don’t see how you do… Read more »
Jenna Portnoy
Health-care recipients. Immigrants with relatives who are barred from entering the United States. A champion of science education.
Some Democratic members of Congress from Virginia and Maryland are protesting the policy goals of President Trump and the Republican majority with the guests they plan to bring to his big speech Tuesday night.
A few of these members… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) along with U.S. Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), John Delaney (MD-06), Don Beyer (VA-08), Anthony Brown (MD-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) sent a letter to the Government… Read more »
Getting Metro Safety Back on Track
New commission will be empowered to adopt tough safety rules
BY REP. STENY H. HOYER, SENS. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, MARK WARNER, TIM KAINE AND CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, DEL. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, REPS. JOHN SARBANES, GERALD E. CONNOLLY, JOHN DELANEY, DONALD S. BEYER JR., ANTHONY G. BROWN AND JAMIE RASKIN
The Washington Metro system has its good… Read more »
"This is about ensuring a fair review process. All Postal Service employees should have the basic right to appeal an adverse personnel action,” said Connolly. Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement today after the U.S. Office of Government Ethics urged the White House Counsel to investigate senior White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway’s potential violation of federal rules:
“Kellyanne Conway’s infomercial for President Trump’s daughter was an egregious violation of the federal Standards of Conduct. This dereliction… Read more »
Mikaela Lefrak and Martin Austermuhle
A nearly straight party-line vote by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to overturn a D.C. law giving terminally ill residents the right to end their own lives prompted plenty of impassioned debate on Capitol Hill Monday night, but whether it will have any real impact is in doubt.
Led by Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the… Read more »
Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz urging him to reconsider his repeated refusals over the past several months to join Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings in investigating Lt. General Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia.
“Today, all Democratic Members of the Committee write to you jointly to… Read more »
It's Time For Cameras in the Court
President Trump’s possibly unconstitutional ban on the entry of people from seven predominantly Muslim countries into this nation is likely headed for the Supreme Court. As the Feb. 8 editorial “Justice in full view” pointed out, thanks to technology, any member of the American public could witness the oral arguments in District Court Judge James L.… Read more »
