USPS: No free stamp folios for Congress
December 18th, 2009 | Agencies Congress Postal Service | Posted by Rebecca Neal
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., posted this picture on his Twitter account, calling on the United States Postal Service to stop sending free postage stamp folios to members of Congress.
Sen. John McCain doesn’t know why the fiscally-strapped United States Postal Service sent him a folio of 2009 commemorative stamps, but he thinks the expenditure is “irresponsible.”
In a Dec. 16 letter to USPS Postmaster General John Potter, McCain said the USPS has no business sending freebies to selected members of Congress while the organization has a $7 billion deficit and wants to close 170 post offices.
Until the Postal Service no longer owes American taxpayers billions of dollars, I request that you refrain from spending limited Postal Service resources on unnecessary items such as engraved albums showcasing commemoratives (sic) stamps for members of Congress and instead focus on moving the Postal Service to fiscal solvency.”
USPS’ response? They planned to end the program all along, said Marie Therese Dominguez, vice president of government relations and public policy, in a Dec. 17 letter to the senator.
Our fiscal reality precludes the continuation of this program, which was intended to highlight the beautiful commemorative stamps issued by the Postal Service each year.”
McCain announced the resolution on his Twitter account, SenJohnMcCain, and said he applauds the USPS’ decision.
Comments
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Smokey Says:
December 18th, 2009 at 6:51 pmGood for Senator McCain. But these philatelic sets are beautiful and all your collector friends should have it.
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Katherine Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:07 pmI’d like to know why Congress still thinks the Postal Service is funded by TAX dollars. This hasn’t been the case since the 70′s. Maybe those at Postal HQ should inform members of congress where our revenue really comes from.
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dave Says:
January 13th, 2010 at 9:43 pmif post office is in financial straights why dont they move all mail boxes to the street like all new construction, they should be able to cut the delivery force. Just a thought then we can keep 6-day delivery