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		<title>3 Senators Want Blue Ribbon Commission To Help USPS Increase Revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 6, 2012 A Rationale for Postal Cuts in Doubt At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog told Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service&#8217;s retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRS: The USPS’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a summary from The Congressional Research Service&#8217;s report on “The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition:Overview and Issues for Congress” This report provides an overview of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) financial condition,legislation enacted to alleviate the USPS’s financial challenges, and possible issues for the 112th  Congress. It also includes a side-by-side comparison of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Carter Calls for Post Office Closings Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Washington, DC) – Congressman John Carter is asking the U.S. Post Office for a review of the considerations used in determining which post offices to close in the agency’s cost-cutting decisions this month. “We fully recognize that bringing federal spending under control requires difficult decisions and sacrifice,” says Carter.  “But we also need to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Lynch Joins Higgins in Fight Against Closing of Buffalo Mail Processing Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranking Member on Postal Subcommittee Latest Voice Asking Postmaster to Keep William Street Center Open Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-9) is joining Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) in asking the U.S. Postmaster General to remove the Buffalo Mail Processing facility from the list of those slated for closure. Congressman Lynch is a member of the Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Oppose Additional Cuts to Federal Pay and Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[17 Members of Congress call on Conference Committee to Oppose Salary or Retirement Security Cuts, Citing Previous Sacrifices Washington, DC &#8211; Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led 17 Members of Congress today in urging the conference committee considering legislation to extend the payroll tax cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFGE Statement on Federal Employee Retirement Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 &#8211; American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage today issued the following statement in response to the congressional hearing on federal employees&#8217; retirement security before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on the federal workforce, U.S. Postal Service and labor policy: &#8220;Congress created the Federal Employees Retirement System [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Attacks On Federal Retirement Compensation Is Based On Misguided Assumptions</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/25/legislative-attacks-on-federal-retirement-compensation-is-based-on-misguided-assumptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STATEMENT BY DAVID B. SNELL DIRECTOR OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS SERVICES NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FEDERAL-POSTAL COALITION note: Full testimony below Unfortunately, recent legislative proposals have sought to unravel this basic bargain, unfairly singling out middle class federal employees for disproportionate sacrifice. Last month, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Lynch: Hearing On Reducing Retirement Benefits is Really Attack On Federal Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/25/rep-lynch-hearing-on-reducing-retirement-benefits-is-really-attack-on-federal-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., on Wednesday introduced a bill that would increase how much federal employees pay toward their retirement and steeply reduce pensions for new employees. HR 3813, the Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act, would raise contributions for current Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) employees by 0.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Ross To Hold Hearing On Reforming Federal Pensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander Chairman Ross to Hold Hearing on Ending Pension Privileges for Members of Congress and Reforming Federal Pensions to Protect the Taxpayer Washington, Jan 20 - Lakeland, FL – Congressman Dennis A. Ross (R-FL) today announced he would hold a hearing on reforming Congressional pensions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Supports PRC Report On USPS PO Closures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – (Thursday, January 5, 2012) –Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson acknowledged her support for the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Report on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI). The report outlined significant miscalculations in the USPS’s methodology for indentifying over 3,600 post offices and other retail branches for possible closure. The Dallas [...]]]></description>
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