Bill Text: IL HR0520 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges Congress to ensure adequate funding for the United States Postal Service and to take all appropriate steps to keep the United States Postal Service open for all Americans to use.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-26 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford [HR0520 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0520-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service (USPS) is
currently experiencing a major budget shortfall; the USPS is so
low on available funds that it will not be able to make a $5.5
billion payment that is due in September of 2011; missing the
payment will create a situation where the USPS will no longer
have money to pay its employees and gas up its trucks, forcing
it to stop delivering the roughly three billion pieces of mail
it handles every week; and
WHEREAS, In response to this budget shortfall, United
States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe has proposed a
series of cost-cutting measures to erase the agency's deficit,
which will reach $9.2 billion this fiscal year; the cuts
include eliminating Saturday mail delivery, closing up to 3,700
postal locations, and laying off 120,000 workers, which
accounts for nearly one-fifth of the agency's work force; and
WHEREAS, Congress is currently considering numerous
emergency proposals to save the USPS, but have been unable to
come to a consensus on any solution to the budget shortfall;
the lack of any solution will eventually force the USPS to
cease delivering mail altogether; and
WHEREAS, It is of the utmost importance that the United

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States Postal Service remain open and able to perform the
vitally importance task of delivering the mail to millions of
Americans; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we urge Congress to ensure adequate funding for the United
States Postal Service and to take all appropriate steps to keep
the United States Postal Service open for all Americans to use;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies be presented to the Speaker
and Minority Leader of the United States House of
Representatives and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the
United States Senate.