Dozens of Lawmakers Call on Biden to Replace Entire USPS Board

[James48]

Source: Govexec.com

By Eric Katz

A group of 50 Democratic lawmakers is pressuring President Biden to remove all existing members of the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors and replace them with his own nominees.

Such a move would likely allow the board to fire Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who has faced significant criticism for his reform strategies since taking office last year. All six current board members were appointed by President Trump, though two of them—including Chairman Ron Bloom—are Democrats. Still, the lawmakers said the entire board in its current makeup has failed, citing ongoing mail delays and operational changes in the run up to last year’s election.

“Under the tenure of this [board], the Postal Service was blatantly misused by President Trump in an unsuccessful gambit to influence a presidential election, the Postal Service is currently failing to meet its own service standards with historically low rates of on-time delivery, and conflicts of interest appear to be a requirement for service,” said a letter spearheaded by Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., who lead House subcommittees on government operations, trade and oversight, respectively. “It is time to remove all governors and start over with a board vested with the expertise and acumen this nation needs in its Postal Service leadership.”

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In their letter on Thursday, the lawmakers noted Bloom’s praise for DeJoy in saying he should be removed. They also cited the board for failing to speak out as DeJoy implemented operational reforms that led to delays, withheld analyses underlying his decisions, faced rebuke in an inspector general’s report and announced new changes this year. While the House members criticized DeJoy for his handling of mail ahead of the presidential election, USPS was overwhelmingly successful in delivering mailed ballots on time.



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This letter was sent today- asking fir the entire USPS Board to be fired and replaced. A copy of the letter can be found here:
https://connolly.house.gov/uploadedfiles/letter_to_biden_bog.pdf

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Have at it, Mr. President

Delivery times are too erratic. First class bills sent to me could be 5 days, one was 3-1/2 weeks. Some packages sit for 3-4 days and don't move, no matter the postage class. It's not what it was 2 years ago for sure.

[abqtommy]

2. That would work very well for me and the rest of us too!

[groundloop]

3. Wait..... what happened to the 3 new members giving the board enough votes to fire DeJoy????

I thought firing DeJoy was a done deal with the 3 new members of the board that President Biden named. Did we miss something?

(Of course it would be great to dump the other DeJoy supporters as well).

[ananda]

4. I did too.

So what gives?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Am guessing the belief is

that the Dems who were already on the Board, and who elevated DeJoy to that position last May (and praised him) are "compromised", having all been appointed by 45 (and were not part-way through a term that might have started under Obama, as there tends to be a turnover of membership due to their "day jobs" ).

[2naSalit]

16. He sent names of nominees to Congress...

Like two days ago. They aren't confirmed yet.

[PatrickforB]

6. They also need to reverse the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.

Give that money back to the USPS.

And have them use it as they intended to in 2006 - to go electric on the USPS vehicle fleet.

[BlueJac]

7. Do it!

Mail is still slow.

[WA-03 Democrat]

8. Please oh please

I took a functional postal system for granted. Please build it back better Joe!

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Wow. "reform strategies"

That makes it sound like DeJoy's attempted destruction of the postal service is legitimate and well-intentioned.

[2naSalit]

17. It is. ...nt

[Duppers]

10. YES! +1000

[TomDaisy]

11. sure would be great to wake up to him announcing this tomorrow morning

[AllaN01Bear]

12. when area we going to fire no joy ?

[Grasswire2]

14. the board has to fire him

Biden can't, directly

[Grasswire2]

13. How can we best support this?

On twitter?

[Midnight Writer]

15. The USPS Board has been playing games to damage the Postal Service for decades.

The only way to correct this is to make an example of them. Let them feel consequences, lose their positions and their status.

It would be nice to see people in charge who care about the Postal Service and their customers instead of political hacks and "businessmen" who have disdain for government and union workers.

[LiberalFighter]

18. The person replacing DeJoy should be a post office worker.

[PoliticAverse]

19. "This letter was sent today" - gee, I hope they didn't mail it. n/t

[Martin68]

20. Just do it!

[Blue Owl]

21. I Get No DeJoy