Top Democrats in US Congress call for hearings on mail delays ahead of election

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Top Democrats in the US Congress on Sunday called on President Donald Trump's appointed postmaster general to testify this month on changes that ...

Schumer in a statement called on the Postal Service's board of governors to remove DeJoy if he"refuses to come before Congress."

Trump on Thursday said he had held up talks with Congress over a fresh round of coronavirus stimulus funding to block Democrats from providing more funds for mail-in voting and election infrastructure.Trump later walked back those comments, saying he would not veto a bill that included funds for the Postal Service. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told CNN on Sunday said he would agree to US$10 billion to US$25 billion in fresh Postal funding.

"The Congress and this administration took care of the private sector to the tune of over US$500 billion," said Dimondstein."The postal office did not get a dime. It's time for Congress to act." "A number of states are now trying to figure out how they are going to go to universal mail-in ballots," Meadows said.

 

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