U.S. Postal Service

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in introducing the bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act, legislation that…

Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photo: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images A bipartisan group of Senators will introduce a bill Tuesday that will require the U.S. Postal Service to perform to a certain level before it can apply a surcharge to periodicals, or local newspapers, to deliver their…

“It’s astonishing. It really is,” U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Monday. “If they don’t respond to two U.S. senators and a representative … how does that make everyday people feel that their government is working for them?” Ben Doyle of the Montpelier Commission for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) pressed for improved rural postal service in Vermont and across the country. Welch, a longtime leader on postal issues, stressed that United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries have slowed beyond recognition, making it harder…