{"id":3036,"date":"2011-10-19T22:37:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T03:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2011-10-19T22:37:07","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T03:37:07","slug":"rep-bruce-braley-discusses-efforts-to-stop-post-office-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/10\/19\/rep-bruce-braley-discusses-efforts-to-stop-post-office-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Bruce Braley Discusses Efforts to Stop Post Office Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1-PEN-NEWS5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3037\" title=\"1-PEN-NEWS\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1-PEN-NEWS5-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon post office one of 178 in Iowa that Postal Service wants to close<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brandon, IA \u2013 In Brandon today, Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) met with local residents and officials about the impact of the US Postal Service\u2019s planned closures of hundreds of small town post offices across Iowa, including the post office in Brandon.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a US House committee \u2013 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform \u2013 endorsed a controversial bill that, in part, allows the Postal Service to move forward with its plans to close thousands of post offices across the country, including 178 post offices in Iowa. Braley is a member of the panel, and opposed the bill. The bill, known as the Postal Reform Act, now must be approved by the full US House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a small town like Brandon, and I know how important post offices are to these communities,\u201d Braley said. \u201cIt may not seem like much to a bureaucrat in Washington, but a post office is the centerpiece of a small town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo question, the Postal Service needs to change to survive. But it doesn\u2019t have to build its recovery on the backs of small town Americans. That\u2019s why I\u2019m working to improve this bill and prevent post office closures in Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post office in Brandon is on a <a href=\"http:\/\/about.usps.com\/news\/electronic-press-kits\/expandedaccess\/states\/iowa.htm\" target=\"_blank\">list of post offices<\/a> being studied for closure by the US Postal Service. Braley has been working for months to prevent the possible closures.<\/p>\n<p>Braley successfully amended the Postal Reform Act last week to require the Postal Service to report on the number of jobs eliminated by their proposed post office closures, including the number of veterans jobs affected.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Reform Act:<\/p>\n<p>Allows the Postal Service to eliminate Saturday delivery.<br \/>\nEstablishes a commission to close post offices and postal facilities.<br \/>\nReduces rural mail delivery.<br \/>\nAllows the Postal Service to sell advertising space on property and vehicles.<br \/>\nAllows the Postal Service to raise the price of bulk mail delivery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Braley has sponsored an alternative postal reorganization plan that would prevent post office closures by allowing the Postal Service to reclaim billions of dollars in overpayments it has made in recent years to its employees\u2019 retirement system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon post office one of 178 in Iowa that Postal Service wants to close Brandon, IA \u2013 In Brandon today, Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) met with local residents and officials about the impact of the US Postal Service\u2019s planned closures of hundreds of small town post offices across Iowa, including the post office in Brandon. 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