{"id":39951,"date":"2026-08-06T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39951"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:33:53","slug":"hawley-bill-banning-bonuses-for-postmaster-general-passes-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/08\/06\/hawley-bill-banning-bonuses-for-postmaster-general-passes-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawley Bill Banning Bonuses for Postmaster General Passes Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 8\/6\/26 &#8211; Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)\u2019s <em>No Bonuses for Bad Service Act\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fx.com%2fhawleymo%2fstatus%2f2085368832248439116%3fs%3d42&amp;redir_log=634527147006320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a>\u00a0out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-blumenthal-introduce-legislation-to-ban-bonuses-for-postal-service-leadership-until-mail-is-delivered-on-time%2f&amp;redir_log=891499139541029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a>\u00a0would prohibit United States Postal Service (USPS) leadership from receiving bonuses or additional compensation until mail service and delivery meet the standards that the American people deserve. Today\u2019s committee vote marks new momentum for accountability after Senator Hawley\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-launches-investigation-into-failures-at-us-postal-service-after-postmaster-general-refused-to-forego-bonuses%2f&amp;redir_log=300684266431030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a>\u00a0an investigation into USPS\u2019s delivery record in Missouri. The vote also comes after intense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.axios.com%2f2026%2f08%2f05%2fusps-postmaster-general-bonus-bill-hawley-blumenthal&amp;redir_log=279072734842592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lobbying<\/a>\u00a0by the Postmaster General to kill the effort to restrict his own bonus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" title=\"Screenshot_2026-08-06_at_10.22.41?AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/SenHawley\/Screenshot_2026-08-06_at_10.22.41%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"Image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/Customers\/SenHawley\/Screenshot_2026-08-06_at_10.22.41%E2%80%AFAM.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>No Bonuses for Bad Service Act<\/em>\u00a0would:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prohibit the USPS Board of Governors from approving any additional compensation for the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the Postal Service does not meet or exceed an on-time delivery rate of 95% for all market dominant mail products.<\/li>\n<li>Require the Postal Service to submit its annual delivery rate report to the Postal Regulatory Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United States Postal Service (USPS) has posted staggering financial losses in recent years, including $25 billion over the last three fiscal years, more than $6 billion beyond USPS\u2019s own internal projections. At the same time, USPS has repeatedly raised postage rates on American households and businesses while consistently missing its own service standards. On-time delivery has continued to slip. Residents in rural areas wait weeks to receive mail. Recently in Missouri, a massive pile of undelivered mail was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.firstalert4.com%2f2026%2f04%2f29%2fhundreds-undelivered-letters-found-dumped-north-st-louis-vacant-lot%2f&amp;redir_log=828252700835740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discovered<\/a>\u00a0in a vacant lot without explanation from the Postal Service. These delays and missing mail are becoming a real financial burden for those Americans who don\u2019t receive their bills or paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these failures, Postal Service executives have been rewarded with lavish bonuses. Over the past ten years, Postmasters General have received more than $2 million in additional compensation, even as delivery performance declined and the budget numbers got worse. During the last three years of Louis DeJoy\u2019s tenure alone, the Board of Governors approved more than $567,000 in additional bonus compensation. Postmaster General David Steiner, who assumed office just a year ago, has already pocketed a $170,000 bonus. Senator Hawley directly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-presses-postmaster-general-for-accountability-for-undelivered-mail-in-missouri%2f&amp;redir_log=559260504575820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confronted<\/a>\u00a0Steiner about these bonuses in a recent committee hearing, and the Postmaster refused to forgo bonuses until the mail is delivered on time.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Senator Hawley\u2019s ongoing investigation into the postal service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.hawley.senate.gov%2fhawley-expands-postal-service-investigation-questions-retention-of-new-york-consultants%2f&amp;redir_log=188742197507841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch Senator Hawley\u2019s full exchange with Postmaster General Steiner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenHawley&amp;crop=15624.11746792.9357796.8424141&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dMGMQfRjRPac&amp;redir_log=561538559533294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/U.S.-Senator-Josh-Hawley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39777\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/U.S.-Senator-Josh-Hawley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/U.S.-Senator-Josh-Hawley.jpg 339w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/U.S.-Senator-Josh-Hawley-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 8\/6\/26 &#8211; Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)\u2019s No Bonuses for Bad Service Act\u00a0passed\u00a0out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. This\u00a0legislation\u00a0would prohibit United States Postal Service (USPS) leadership from receiving bonuses or additional compensation until mail service and delivery meet the standards that the American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39952,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39951\/revisions\/39952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}